Background By 2013, several regions in China had introduced health insurance integration
policies. However, few studies addressed the impact of medical insurance integration in …

Background China's fragmentation of social health insurance schemes has become a key
obstacle that hampers equal access to health care and financial protection. This study aims …

Background: This study took Beijing as an example to estimate the incidence and regional
inequalities of catastrophic health expenditures (CHE) in a megacity of China. Methods: This …

Abstract Background The Chinese government has established a nationwide multiple-level
medical insurance system. However, catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) causes great …

Background In recent years, the goal of universal coverage of the basic medical insurance
schemes has been basically achieved in China, but the heavy economic burden of diseases …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the degree to which the Chinese people are protected from
catastrophic household expenditure and impoverishment from medical expenses and to …

Purpose The Chinese government has carried out two major cycles of reform to improve the
health system and reduce the disease burden on residents. This study aims to …

Background China expanded health coverage to residents in informal economic sectors by
the rural new cooperative medical scheme (NCMS) for rural population and urban resident …

Objective To determine whether the New Cooperative Medical Insurance Scheme (NCMS)
is associated with decreased levels of catastrophic health expenditure and reduced …

Background Policy interventions have been taken to protect households from facing
unpredictable economic changes that may cause catastrophe in China. This study aims to …