Objective To explore the willingness to pay( WTP) for basic medical insurance and its main influencing factors among inpatients with the urban employee basic medical insurance( UEBMI) in Hunan province and to provide suggestions for sustainable development of UEBMI. Methods Using stratified random sampling,1 025 inpatients covered by UEBMI and hospitalized during 2013 in 35 hospitals in Changsha city were recruited from the Information Systems of Hunan Provincial Medical,Occupational Injury and Maternity In...