Interrupted time series analysis for the impact of integrated medical insurance on direct hospitalization expense of catastrophic illness

Abstract In 2016, China initiated the merge of the urban resident basic medical insurance scheme and new rural cooperative medical scheme into one unified health insurance scheme: the urban and rural resident basic medical insurance. This study investigates the impact of integrated insurance on the...

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Main Authors: Li Niu, Qiuhe Song, Yan Liu, Xin Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15569-w