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Summary Background Private hospitals expanded rapidly in China since 2009 following its national health reform encouraging private investment in the hospital sector. Despite long-standing debates over the performance of different types of hospitals, empirical evidence under the context of developing countries remains scant. We investigated the disparities in health care quality and medical expenses among public, private not-for-profit, and private for-profit hospitals. Methods A total of 64,171 inpatients (51,933 for pneumonia…

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Summary Background Universal health coverage (UHC) is a core element of Sustainable Development Goals and has become a global healthcare priority. China has been committing to provide all citizens with affordable and equitable basic healthcare over past decades. However, progress towards UHC in China has not been comprehensively assessed. This study aims to comprehensively evaluate the progress towards UHC in China by examining trends in service coverage and financial protection from 1993…

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Summary Background Financial protection, as a key dimension of Universal Health Coverage (UHC), has been under increasing attention in recent years. A series of studies have examined the nationwide extent of catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and medical impoverishment (MI) in China. However, disparities in financial protection at the province level have rarely been studied. The aim of this study was to investigate provincial variations in financial protection as well as…

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Abstract China’s government subsidies on the demand side – such as subsidizing medical insurance premiums – have accelerated progress towards universal health coverage. We examined whether the increased government subsidies had benefited the population, especially the poor. We conducted two rounds of household surveys and collected the annual claims reports of a rural medical insurance scheme in Ningxia (a relatively underdeveloped region in Western China). We used benefit incidence analysis…

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