## Abstract __Objective__: To measure the impact of China's New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) on catastrophic medical payments of rural households in Linyi County, Shandong Province. __Method__: In 2005, from a stratified cluster sample of 3101 rural households, we identified 375 households th
The new cooperative medical scheme in China
β Scribed by Xuedan You; Yasuki Kobayashi
- Book ID
- 116516951
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 173 KB
- Volume
- 91
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8510
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