Growing old before growing rich: inequality in health service utilization among the mid-aged and elderly in Gansu and Zhejiang Provinces, China

Growing old before growing rich: inequality in health service utilization among the mid-aged and elderly in Gansu and Zhejiang Provinces, China

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>China’s recent growth in income has been unequally distributed, resulting in an unusually rapid retreat from relative income equality, which has impacted negatively on health services access. There exists a significant gap between he...

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Main Authors: Wang Yang, Wang Jian, Maitland Elizabeth, Zhao Yaohui, Nicholas Stephen, Lu Mingshan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-09-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Aging
Inequality
Health service utilization
China
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/12/302

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