Disparity in reimbursement for tuberculosis care among different health insurance schemes: evidence from three counties in central China

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• 作者：Yao Pan ; Shanquan Chen ; Manli Chen ; Pei Zhang ; Qian Long…
• 关键词：Disparity ; Tuberculosis care ; Health insurance schemes ; Equity ; China
• 刊名：Infectious Diseases of Poverty
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：5
• 期：1
• 全文大小：611 KB
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• 作者单位：Yao Pan (1) (2)
  Shanquan Chen (3)
  Manli Chen (4)
  Pei Zhang (5)
  Qian Long (6) (7)
  Li Xiang (1)
  Henry Lucas (8)
  
  1. School of Medicine and Health Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
  2. The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
  3. The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
  4. School of Management, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, China
  5. Yichang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Yichang, China
  6. Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
  7. Global Health Research Center, Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan, China
  8. Institute of Development Studies, Sussex University, Brighton, UK
  
• 刊物主题：Infectious Diseases; Tropical Medicine;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：2049-9957

文摘

Background Health inequity is an important issue all around the world. The Chinese basic medical security system comprises three major insurance schemes, namely the Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance (UEBMI), the Urban Resident Basic Medical Insurance (URBMI), and the New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS). Little research has been conducted to look into the disparity in payments among the health insurance schemes in China. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the disparity in reimbursements for tuberculosis (TB) care among the abovementioned health insurance schemes.