Catastrophic health expenditure and rural household impoverishment in China: what role does the new cooperative health insurance scheme play?

Catastrophic health expenditure and rural household impoverishment in China: what role does the new cooperative health insurance scheme play?

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the New Cooperative Medical Insurance Scheme (NCMS) is associated with decreased levels of catastrophic health expenditure and reduced impoverishment due to medical expenses in rural households of China. METHODS: An analysis of a national representative sample of 38,9...

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Main Authors: Ye Li, Qunhong Wu, Chaojie Liu, Zheng Kang, Xin Xie, Hui Yin, Mingli Jiao, Guoxiang Liu, Yanhua Hao, Ning Ning
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3979676?pdf=render

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