## Abstract The overall goal of the paper is to understand the progress of the design and implementation of China's New Cooperative Medical System (NCMS) program between 2004 (the second year of the program) and 2007. In the paper we seek to assess some of the strengths and weaknesses of the progra
Development of the New Rural Cooperative Medical System in China
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- Book ID
- 111390593
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 130 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1671-2234
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