Financial burden of healthcare for cancer patients with social medical insurance: a multi-centered study in urban China

Abstract Background Cancer accounts for one-fifth of the total deaths in China and brings heavy financial burden to patients and their families. Chinese government has made strong commitment to develop three types of social medical insurance since 1997 and recently, more attempts were invested to pr...

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Main Authors: Wenhui Mao, Shenglan Tang, Ying Zhu, Zening Xie, Wen Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-017-0675-y