Making health insurance pro-poor: Evidence from a household panel in rural China

In 2002, China launched the largest public health insurance scheme in the world, the New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS). It is intended to enable rural populations to access health care services, and to curb medical impoverishment. Whether the scheme can reach its equity goals depends on how it i...

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Main Authors: Filipski, Mateusz J., Zhang, Yumei, Chen, Kevin Z.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Springer 2015
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149795

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