Regional catastrophic health expenditure and health inequality in China

BackgroundCatastrophic health expenditures (CHE) can trigger illness-caused poverty and compound poverty-caused illness. Our study is the first regional comparative study to analyze CHE trends and health inequality in eastern, central and western China, exploring the differences and disparities acro...

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Main Authors: Xinyue Wang, Yan Guo, Yang Qin, Stephen Nicholas, Elizabeth Maitland, Cai Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1193945/full