Impact of health insurance equity on poverty vulnerability: evidence from urban-rural health insurance integration in rural China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2016, the Chinese government introduced an integration reform of the health insurance system with the aim to enhance equity in healthcare coverage and reduce disparities between urban and rural sectors. The gradual introduction of the policy integrating urban and rural medical insurance in pilot cities provides an opportunity to evaluate the policy impact. This study attempts to assess the policy impact of urban-rural health insurance integration on the chronic poverty of rural residents and to analyze the mechanisms.

Method

Based on the four waves of data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) conducted in 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2018, we employed a staggered difference-in-differences (staggered DID) model to assess the impact of integr

SUBMITTER: Li Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10722085 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature