Can the reform of integrating health insurance reduce inequity in catastrophic health expenditure? Evidence from China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

China's fragmentation of social health insurance schemes has become a key obstacle that hampers equal access to health care and financial protection. This study aims to explores if the policy intervention Urban and Rural Residents Basic Medical Insurance (URRBMI) scheme, which integrates Urban Resident Basic Medical Insurance (URBMI) and New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS), can curb the persistent inequity of catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and further analyses the determinants causing inequity.

Methods

Data were derived from the Fifth National Health Service Survey (NHSS). A total of 11,104 households covered by URRBMI and 20,590 households covered by URBMI or NCMS were selected to analyze CHE and the impoverishment rate from medical expenses. Moreo

SUBMITTER: Wang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7126184 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature