The integration of urban and rural medical insurance to reduce the rural medical burden in China: a case study of a county in Baoji City

Abstract Background In 2003, the Chinese government launched the New Rural Cooperative medical System(NRCMS) for its rural population. In 2007, the Urban Resident Basic Medical Insurance Scheme(URBMS) was inaugurated, which aimed to cover all urban residents who are out of the labor market. However,...

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Main Authors: Pei Liu, Wei Guo, Hao Liu, Wei Hua, Linping Xiong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-018-3611-y