Evaluating the financial protection of patients with chronic disease by health insurance in rural China

• Main Authors: Yu Baorong (Author), Tang Shenglan (Author), Meng Qingyue (Author), Liu Xiaoyun (Author), Sun Qiang (Author), Tolhurst Rachel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2009-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A growing number of developing countries are developing health insurance schemes that aim to protect households, particularly the poor, from financial catastrophe and impoverishment caused by unaffordable medical care. This paper inv...