The influence of health insurance towards accessing essential medicines: The experience from Shenzhen labor health insurance

Minmin Zhu, Hassan H. Dib, Xinping Zhang, Shengchun Tang and Liqun Liu

Health Policy, 2008, vol. 88, issue 2-3, 371-380

Abstract: Objectives Due to major problems of accessing essential medicines, this paper will evaluate the impact of the new Shenzhen labor health insurance on accessing essential medicines among migrant workers.Methods Medicines data and revenues-expenditures reports from 19 community health service centers in Shenzhen city were collected. Insurance indicators within two periods before and after 1st June 2006 were compared. Paired t-tests using month-values of indicators were performed. P value

Keywords: Essential; medicines; Health; insurance; Public; health; Outpatient; medicine; expense; Shenzhen (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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