Demand for voluntary basic medical insurance in urban China: panel evidence from the Urban Resident Basic Medical Insurance scheme
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Policy and Planning
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0268-1080,1460-2237
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czs014