Impact of long-term care insurance on health inequality in older adults in China based on the concentration index approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several studies have shown that social security would reduce health inequalities. However, little was known about the relationship between long-term care insurance and health inequality. We aimed to evaluate the impact of long-term care insurance on health status and health inequality in older adults using a nationally representative cohort.

Methods

Based on four waves of data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2018), we used the staggered difference in difference (DID) design with the order probit regression models and the concentration index approach as well as decomposition analysis to assess the contribution of long-term care insurance towards residents' health status and health inequality in older adults aged

SUBMITTER: Tian Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10759298 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature