Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH
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Trop. Med. Int. Health · Oct 2010
Utilisation of maternal health care in western rural China under a new rural health insurance system (New Co-operative Medical System).
To investigate factors influencing maternal health care utilisation in western rural China and its relation to income before (2002) and after (2007) introducing a new rural health insurance system (NCMS). ⋯ Facility-based delivery greatly increased between 2002 and 2007, coinciding with the introduction of the NCMS. The rural poor were still facing substantial payment for facility-based delivery, although NCMS participation reduced the out-of-pocket expenditure on average.