Catastrophic Health Expenditure and Mental Health in the Older Chinese Population: The Moderating Role of Social Health Insurance.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) has considerable effects on household living standards, but little is known regarding the relationships between CHE and people's mental health. Using China as an example, this study examines the association between CHE and mental health and investigates whether the association differs between those with and without social health insurance (SHI).

Methods

The data came from 3 waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (2011, 2013, and 2015, N = 13,166). We focused on older people aged 60 and older. We built panel data regression and quantile regression models to analyze the data.

Results

Incurring CHE is significantly associated with poor mental health. The association is weakened among older people recei

SUBMITTER: Yang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8755894 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature