Health insurance and medical impoverishment in rural China: Evidence from Guizhou province

We analyze the effects of the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) on poverty, using micro-level household data from 17 villages in a poor area of China’s Guizhou province. A four-wave panel dataset allows us to follow NCMS through its reforms. First-order impact assessments suggest NCMS help...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Yumei, Filipski, Mateusz J., Chen, Kevin Z.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: World Scientific Publishing 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147734

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