THE IMPACT OF HEALTH INSURANCE ON HEALTH OUTCOMES AND SPENDING OF THE ELDERLY: EVIDENCE FROM CHINA’S NEW COOPERATIVE MEDICAL SCHEME

This paper investigates the effects of China’s New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) on health outcomes and health care expenditure of the elderly in rural China, using panel data from the 2005 and 2008 waves of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey. We employ a strategy that combines pr...

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Published in:Health Econ
Main Authors: Cheng, Lingguo, Liu, Hong, Zhang, Ye, Shen, Ke, Zeng, Yi
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4790431/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24777657
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.3053
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