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Figure 3.26 Health insurance coverage, 2003, 2008 and 2011

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Source: Qun Meng, Ling Xu, Yaoguang Zhang, Juncheng Qian, Min Cai, Ying Xin, Jun Gao, Ke Xu, J Ties Boerma, Sarah L Barber, ‘Trends in Access to Health Services and Financial Protection in China Between 2003 and 2011: a Cross-sectional Study’, The Lancet, 3 March 2012, Volume 379, Issue9818, Pages 805–814

Figure 3.26
Health insurance coverage increased steadily from 2003 to 2011, both nationally and at the sub-national level. In 2011, 96 per cent or 1.29 billion rural and urban residents were covered by health insurance. The remarkable increase in health insurance coverage in rural areas was due to the introduction of the Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (RCMS) in early 2000. The Scheme now covers almost all of the country's rural residents, improving their access to health services.

上一篇:Figure 3.25 Number of physicians, by province, 2013
下一篇:Figure 3.27 Choice of urban health provider by income group, 2006

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