TY - JOUR AU - Liu, Pei AU - Guo, Wei AU - Liu, Hao AU - Hua, Wei AU - Xiong, Linping PY - 2018 DA - 2018/10/19 TI - The integration of urban and rural medical insurance to reduce the rural medical burden in China: a case study of a county in Baoji City JO - BMC Health Services Research SP - 796 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - In 2003, the Chinese government launched the New Rural Cooperative medical System(NRCMS) for its rural population. In 2007, the Urban Resident Basic Medical Insurance Scheme(URBMS) was inaugurated, which aimed to cover all urban residents who are out of the labor market. However, the accessibility and fairness of the healthcare service have hindered the progress of universal healthcare. At the beginning of 2010, the Integration of Urban and Rural Medical Insurance Scheme(IURMIS) was implemented to bridge the gap in medical care between urban and rural areas. The main objective of this study is to determine the extent to which the IURMIS has been successful. SN - 1472-6963 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3611-y DO - 10.1186/s12913-018-3611-y ID - Liu2018 ER -