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Association between health insurance cost-sharing and choice of hospital tier for cardiovascular diseases in China: a prospective cohort study
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Background: Hospitals in China are classified into tiers (1, 2 or 3), with the largest (tier 3) having more equipment and specialist staff. Differential health insurance cost-sharing by hospital tier (lower deductibles and higher reimbursement rates in lower tiers) was introduced to reduce overcrowding in higher tier hospitals, promote use of lower tier hospitals, and limit escalating healthcare costs. However, little is known about the effects of differential cost-sharing...
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- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101020
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- Elsevier
- Journal:
- Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific More from this journal
- Volume:
- 45
- Article number:
- 101020
- Publication date:
- 2024-02-14
- Acceptance date:
- 2024-01-16
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2666-6065
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English
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1611750
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2024-02-03
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- 2024
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- © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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