The largest insurance program in history: Saving one million lives per year in China
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Public health insurance; Health outcomes; Mortality rate; Life expectancy; New cooperative medical scheme;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
- I13 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Insurance, Public and Private
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
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