Trends and determinants of catastrophic health expenditure in China 2010-2018: a national panel data analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Catastrophic health expenditures (CHE) are out-of-pocket payments (OOP) that exceed a predefined percentage or threshold of a household's resources, usually 40 %, that can push households into poverty in China. We analyzed the trends in the incidence and intensity, and explored the determinants, of CHE, and proposed policy recommendation to address CHE.

Methods

A unique 5-year national urban-rural panel database was constructed from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) surveys. CHE incidence was measured by calculating headcount (percentage of households incurring CHE to the total household sample) and intensity was measured by overshoot (degree by which an average out of pocket health expenditure exceeds the threshold of the total sample). A linear probability m

SUBMITTER: Liu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8164806 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature