Medical insurance payment schemes and patient medical expenses: a cross-sectional study of lung cancer patients in urban China

• Main Authors: Hanxu Hu (Author), Liying Zhao (Author), Yang Yong (Author), Stephen Nicholas (Author), Elizabeth Maitland (Author), Weihan Zhao (Author), Hao Yan (Author), Yong Ma (Author), Xuefeng Shi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background As the main cause of cancer death, lung cancer imposes seriously health and economic burdens on individuals, families, and the health system. In China, there is no national study analyzing the hospitalization expenditures of different payment methods by lung cancer inpatients. Ba...