New cooperative medical financing policy and hospitalization in rural China: multi-stage cross-sectional surveys

Conclusions
NCMS improved the utilization of in-hospital services step by step as time went on, and greatly alleviated cost-related barriers to accessing health services. Even so, because costs continue to restrict access to services we should continue the NCMS policy and improve its guarantee levels.

Source: International Health - January 18, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Zou, J., Yang, W., Cook, D. M., Yuan, Z., Zhang, L., Wang, X. Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research