Preferences for private health insurance in China: A discrete choice experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

There is limited evidence on the sustainability and optimal design of China's private health insurance market, especially from the demand-side. With the increasing medical cost burden on both patients and the social security system, policy makers need data on potential clients' demand for private health insurance.

Methods

A discrete choice experiment was conducted to explore potential clients' preferences for a type of government-involved private supplementary health insurance, Huimin Insurance, in China. A mixed logit model was used to evaluated participants' preferences for six attributes. Willingness to pay, subgroup analysis and interaction effects were estimated based on the initial model.

Results

Among the 947 participants, 883 (93.2%) were aged 18

SUBMITTER: Chen N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9486459 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature