Health care utilization for patients with stroke: a 3-year cross-sectional study of China's two urban health insurance schemes across four cities.
Yong YangStephen NicholasShuo LiZhengwei HuangXiaoping ChenYong MaXuefeng ShiPublished in: BMC public health (2021)
Significant city-specific differences in stroke patients' healthcare utilization and medical costs reflected inequalities in health care access. The fragmented social health insurance schemes in China should be consolidated to provide patients in different cities equal financial protection and benefit packages and to improve the equity of stroke patient access to health care.