The Basic vs. Ability-to-Pay Approach: Evidence From China's Critical Illness Insurance on Whether Different Measurements of Catastrophic Health Expenditure Matter

Alleviating catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) is one of the vital objectives of health systems, as defined by the World Health Organization. However, no consensus has yet been reached on the measurement of CHE. With the aim of further relieving the adverse effects of CHE and alleviating the prob...

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Main Authors: Ying Zhang, Yongmei Guan, Ding Hu, Jacques Vanneste, Dongmei Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.646810/full