Gender differences in health insurance coverage in China

Abstract Background China initiated a reform of the health insurance system in the late 1990s. The new insurance, Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance (UEBMI), is employment-based, which makes it more difficult than it used to be for those unemployed or informal employed (most of whom are women) t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mei Zhou, Shaoyang Zhao, Zhi Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-02-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-021-01383-9