Author’s response to reviews Title: Improving equity in health care financing in China during the progression towards Universal Health Coverage Authors:
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Improving equity in health care financing in China during the progression towards Universal Health Coverage
BACKGROUND China is reforming the way it finances health care as it moves towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC) after the failure of market-oriented mechanisms for health care. Improving financing equity is a major policy goal of health care system during the progression towards universal coverage. METHODS We used progressivity analysis and dominance test to evaluate the financing channels ...
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