Gender differences in health insurance coverage in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

China initiated a reform of the health insurance system in the late 1990s. The new insurance, Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance (UEBMI), is employment-based, which makes it more difficult than it used to be for those unemployed or informal employed (most of whom are women) to be covered by health insurance.

Methods

Based on three large sample of micro datasets, we first use statistical methods to identify gender differences in health insurance. Next, we construct a logistic regression model to capture the differences in insurance coverage across age groups using the parameter of interaction terms for gender and age groups.

Results

Based on data from a demographic survey that covers a large sample, we find that in the below 50 (in 2005) or 60 (in 2015)

SUBMITTER: Zhou M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7852118 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature