A comparative study of catastrophic health expenditure in Zhejiang and Qinghai province, China

Abstract Background China has made great achievements in health insurance coverage and healthcare financing; however, the rate of catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) was 13.0% in China in 2008, which is higher than that in some other countries. There remain some differences in life-style, national...

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Main Authors: Xuemei Zhen, Hao Zhang, Xiaoqian Hu, Shuyan Gu, Yuanyuan Li, Yuxuan Gu, Minzhuo Huang, Xueshan Sun, Jingming Wei, Hengjin Dong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-018-3658-9