Health care utilisation amongst Shenzhen migrant workers: does being insured make a difference?
Open Access
- 21 November 2009
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Health Services Research
- Vol. 9 (1) , 214
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-9-214
Abstract
As one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the Pearl River Delta of South China, Shenzhen attracts millions of migrant workers annually. The objectives of this study were to compare health needs, self-reported health and healthcare utilisation of insured and uninsured migrant workers in Shenzhen, China, where a new health insurance scheme targeting at migrant workers was initiated.Keywords
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