Heterogeneous Impacts of Basic Social Health Insurance on Medical Expenditure: Evidence from China’s New Cooperative Medical Scheme
This paper examines the effects of China’s New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) on medical expenditure. Utilizing the quasi-random rollout of the NCMS for a difference-in-difference analysis, we find that the NCMS increased medical expenditure by 12.3%. Most significantly, the good-health...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2019-11-01
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| Series: | Healthcare |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/7/4/131 |