Does the New Rural Cooperative Medical System with higher reimbursement rates reduce catastrophic health expenditures in rural China?
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Healthcare
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2377-7346,2377-7338
DOI: 10.5430/ijh.v1n1p32