Impact of universal medical insurance system on the accessibility of medical service supply and affordability of patients in China.

China's universal medical insurance system (UMIS) is designed to promote social fairness through improving access to medical services and reducing out-of-pocket (OOP) costs for all Chinese. However, it is still not known whether UMIS has a significant impact on the accessibility of medical serv...

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Main Authors: Xiaolei Xiong, Zhiguo Zhang, Jing Ren, Jie Zhang, Xiaoyun Pan, Liang Zhang, Shiwei Gong, Si Jin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5841764?pdf=render