An Empirical Analysis of Rural-Urban Differences in Out-Of-Pocket Health Expenditures in a Low-Income Society of China.

OBJECTIVE:The paper examines whether out-of-pocket health care expenditure also has regional discrepancies, comparing to the equity between urban and rural areas, and across households. METHOD:Sampled data were derived from Urban Household Survey and Rural Household Survey data for 2011/2012 for Anh...

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Main Authors: Lidan Wang, Anjue Wang, Detong Zhou, Gerry FitzGerald, Dongqing Ye, Qicheng Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4880329?pdf=render