Catastrophic Health Expenditure and Rural Household Impoverishment in China: What Role Does the New Cooperative Health Insurance Scheme Play?

Ye Li; Qunhong Wu; Chaojie Liu; Zheng Kang; Xin Xie; Hui Yin; Mingli Jiao; Guoxiang Liu; Yanhua Hao; Ning Ning

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0093253

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Catastrophic Health Expenditure and Rural Household Impoverishment in China: What Role Does the New Cooperative Health Insurance Scheme Play?

Ye Li ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ye Li, Zheng Kang, Xin Xie, Hui Yin

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, School of Health Management, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China
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Qunhong Wu ,

* E-mail: wuqunhong@163.com (QW); lgx6301@163.com (GL)

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, School of Health Management, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China
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Chaojie Liu,

Affiliation School of Public Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia
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Zheng Kang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ye Li, Zheng Kang, Xin Xie, Hui Yin

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, School of Health Management, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China
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Xin Xie ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ye Li, Zheng Kang, Xin Xie, Hui Yin

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, School of Health Management, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China
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Hui Yin ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ye Li, Zheng Kang, Xin Xie, Hui Yin

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, School of Health Management, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China
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Mingli Jiao,

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, School of Health Management, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China
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Guoxiang Liu ,

* E-mail: wuqunhong@163.com (QW); lgx6301@163.com (GL)

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, School of Health Management, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China
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Yanhua Hao,

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, School of Health Management, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China
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Ning Ning

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, School of Health Management, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China
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Catastrophic Health Expenditure and Rural Household Impoverishment in China: What Role Does the New Cooperative Health Insurance Scheme Play?

Ye Li,
Qunhong Wu,
Chaojie Liu,
Zheng Kang,
Xin Xie,
Hui Yin,
Mingli Jiao,
Guoxiang Liu,
Yanhua Hao,
Ning Ning

Published: April 8, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093253

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