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Can urban‒rural health insurance integration narrow the urban‒rural income gap? Evidence from China.
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SUBMITTER: Yuan Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC12911368 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Can urban‒rural health insurance integration narrow the urban‒rural income gap? Evidence from China.
BMC public health 20260123 1
BACKGROUND: The excessive urban‒rural income gap has been one of the main challenges facing developing countries. The establishment and improvement of health insurance is conducive to narrowing the income gap. METHODS: On the basis of the quasinatural experiment of urban–rural health insurance integration in China, we investigate the impact and mechanism of action of health insurance integration on the urban–rural income gap using the staggered difference–in-differences (DID) model. RESULTS: The ...[more]