Impact of an innovative tuberculosis financing and payment model on health service utilization by tuberculosis patients in China: do the poor fare better than the rich?

Impact of an innovative tuberculosis financing and payment model on health service utilization by tuberculosis patients in China: do the poor fare better than the rich?

Abstract Background Tuberculosis (TB) prevalence is closely associated with poverty in China, and poor patients face more barriers to treatment. Using an insurance-based approach, the China-Gates TB program Phase II was implemented between 2012 and 2014 in three cities in China to improve access to...

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Main Authors: Di Dong, Wei-Xi Jiang, Qian Long, Fei Huang, Hui Zhang, Jia-Ying Chen, Li Xiang, Qiang Li, Sheng-Lan Tang, Henry Lucas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Subjects:
Health service use
Tuberculosis
Financing and payment model
Case-based payment
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40249-019-0559-z

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