Effect of long-term care insurance on medical expenditure and health status: National cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Long-term care insurance (LTCI) was implemented in China to solve the elderly care problems caused by the aging population. It is crucial to evaluate the effectiveness of LTCI implementation from the perspective of value-based healthcare.

Objective

This study aimed to investigate the impact of LTCI on medical care expenditure and health status in China.

Methods

We used staggered difference-in-differences (DID) analysis to analyze the effect of LTCI policy on medical expenditure and health status based on China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study data from 2011 to 2018.

Results

Our findings confirmed the positive contribution of LTCI policies to medical expenditures and health status. We found that the implementation of LTCI significantly reduced

SUBMITTER: Yin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11391772 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature