Exploring the characteristics of the high-cost population from the family perspective: a cross-sectional study in Jiangsu Province, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Across a range of healthcare settings, 5% of the population accounts for half of healthcare spending: these patients are identified as a 'high-cost population'. Characterising high-cost users is essential for predicting potential high-cost patients and the development of appropriate interventions to improve the management and financing of these patients.

Objective

This cross-sectional study aimed to explore the characteristics of this high-cost population from a family perspective in China and provide suggestions for social health insurance policy development.

Methods

This study used data from the Fifth Health Service Investigation of Jiangsu Province (2013), and 12 600 families were enrolled for analysis. Households whose medical expenditures were among th

SUBMITTER: Miao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5695451 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature