Perceived effect of financial risk protection by the Urban-Rural Resident Basic Medical Insurance Scheme: a mixed-methods study of rural residents in China.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

It is to explore the perceived financial risk protection effect of the Urban-Rural Resident Basic Medical Insurance Scheme (URRBMI) and its influencing factors to provide evidence to further improve the URRBMI.

Design

It is a cross-sectional survey.

Participants

This mixed-methods study is conducted in five provinces in rural China. Through stratified cluster random sampling, 1681 rural residents participate in a cross-sectional questionnaire survey (1657 valid questionnaires are retrieved). Thirty rural residents participate in in-depth interviews.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

A multivariate logistic regression analysis is adopted to identify factors influencing respondents' perceptions. Semistructured interviews are used to identify the r

SUBMITTER: Jiang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8527163 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature