Can Insurance Increase Financial Risk? The Curious Case of Health Insurance in China

We analyze the effect of insurance on the probability of an individual incurring 'high' annual health expenses using data from three household surveys. All come from China, a country where providers are paid fee-for-service according to a schedule that encourages the overprovision of high-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wagstaff, Adam, Lindelow, Magnus
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5012