Improving equity in health care financing in China during the progression towards Universal Health Coverage

Improving equity in health care financing in China during the progression towards Universal Health Coverage

Abstract Background China is reforming the way it finances health care as it moves towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC) after the failure of market-oriented mechanisms for health care. Improving financing equity is a major policy goal of health care system during the progression towards universal...

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Main Authors: Mingsheng Chen, Andrew J. Palmer, Lei Si
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Financing equity
Progressivity
Kakwani index
Universal Health Coverage
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-017-2798-7

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