Does the critical illness insurance reduce patients' financial burden and benefit the poor more: a comprehensive evaluation in rural area of China.

CONCLUSION: The CII has effectively reduced financial burden of patients with high medical cost, whether in the short-term or a longer length of time. It also improved health equity in health service utilization and expenditure. However, rich householders still receive more benefits from the policy, government health insurance financing is increased, and the policy needs to further benefit the poor. PMID: 30744446 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Medical Economics - Category: Health Management Tags: J Med Econ Source Type: research