Health Insurance and Its Reimbursement Arrangements: Policy Evaluation on New Cooperative Medical System in Rural China.

Disease has been one of the top reasons accounting for impoverishment in rural China. The government subsidizes health care through the New Cooperative Medical System since 2003 (NCMS). The paper studies the effectiveness of various reimbursement arrangements in reducing the financial burden caused...

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Publicado en:Fudan Journal of the Humanities & Social Sciences Vol. 3; no. 3; pp. 1 - 22
Autor principal: Feng, Jin
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Fudan Journal of the Humanities & Social Sciences September 2010
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