Medical expenditure and rural impoverishment in China.
J Health Popul Nutr
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2003 Sep; 21(3): 216-22
Artigo
em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-869
ABSTRACT
Thanks to continued economic growth and increasing income, the overall poverty rate has been on the decline in China. However, due to escalating medical costs and lack of insurance coverage, medical spending often causes financial hardship for many rural families. Using data from the 1998 China National Health Services Survey, the impact of medical expenditure on the poverty headcount for different rural regions was estimated. Based on the reported statistics on income alone, 7.22% of the whole rural sample was below the poverty line. Out-of-pocket medical spending raised this by more than 3 percentage points. In other words, medical spending raised the number of rural households living below the poverty line by 44.3%. Medical expenditure has become an important source of transient poverty in rural China.
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Assunto principal:
Pobreza
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Humanos
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China
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Saúde da População Rural
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Pessoas sem Cobertura de Seguro de Saúde
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Gastos em Saúde
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Efeitos Psicossociais da Doença
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Pesquisas sobre Atenção à Saúde
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Financiamento Pessoal
Tipo de estudo:
Avaliação Econômica em Saúde
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
J Health Popul Nutr
Assunto da revista:
Gastroenterology
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Nutritional Sciences
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Public Health
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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