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Hou B, Wu Y, Huang S. Participating in health insurance and health improvements for the relatively poor population: A propensity score analysis. Front Public Health 2022; 10:968009. [PMID: 36187669 PMCID: PMC9521667 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.968009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2022] [Accepted: 08/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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This study examined the causal relationship between participation in the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (NRCMS) and health status among relatively poor population in rural China. Data were obtained from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) conducted in 2018, which contained 4,507 samples. This study used propensity score matching (PSM) to examine the net effect of participation in the NRCMS on the health of the relatively poor population, and this effect was tested for equilibrium using nearest neighbor matching, radius matching, and kernel matching. This study showed that participation in the NRCMS has a significant and positive effect on the health status of the relatively poor population and the positive health effect may come from three channels, including the increased frequency of physical activity, the fact that an individual is more likely to seek medical care at a lower level of visit, and a plan to reduce health care expenditures.
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Sun M, Shen JJ, Li C, Cochran C, Wang Y, Chen F, Li P, Lu J, Chang F, Li X, Hao M. Effects of China's New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme on reducing medical impoverishment in rural Yanbian: An alternative approach. BMC Health Serv Res 2016; 16:422. [PMID: 27549793 PMCID: PMC4994392 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1660-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2014] [Accepted: 08/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Backgroud This study aimed to measure the poverty head count ratio and poverty gap of rural Yanbian in order to examine whether China’s New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme has alleviated its medical impoverishment and to compare the results of this alternative approach with those of a World Bank approach. Methods This cross-sectional study was based on a stratified random sample survey of 1,987 households and 6,135 individuals conducted in 2008 across eight counties in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin province, China. A new approach was developed to define and identify medical impoverishment. The poverty head count ratio, relative poverty gap, and average poverty gap were used to measure medical impoverishment. Changes in medical impoverishment after the reimbursement under the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme were also examined. Results The government-run New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme reduced the number of medically impoverished households by 24.6 %, as well as the relative and average gaps by 37.3 % and 38.9 %, respectively. Conclusions China’s New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme has certain positive but limited effects on alleviating medical impoverishment in rural Yanbian regardless of how medical impoverishment is defined and measured. More governmental and private-sector efforts should therefore be encouraged to further improve the system in terms of financing, operation, and reimbursement policy.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mei Sun
- Research Institute of Health Development Strategies, Collaborative Innovation Center of Social Risks Governance in Health, Fudan University, 130 Dong An Road, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Health Care Administration and Policy, School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Box 453023, Las Vegas, NV, 89154-3023, USA
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- Research Institute of Health Development Strategies, Collaborative Innovation Center of Social Risks Governance in Health, Fudan University, 130 Dong An Road, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Health Care Administration and Policy, School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Box 453023, Las Vegas, NV, 89154-3023, USA
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- Research Institute of Health Development Strategies, Collaborative Innovation Center of Social Risks Governance in Health, Fudan University, 130 Dong An Road, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Research Institute of Health Development Strategies, Fudan University, 130 Dong An Road, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Research Institute of Health Development Strategies, Fudan University, 130 Dong An Road, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Research Institute of Health Development Strategies, Collaborative Innovation Center of Social Risks Governance in Health, Fudan University, 130 Dong An Road, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Research Institute of Health Development Strategies, Collaborative Innovation Center of Social Risks Governance in Health, Fudan University, 130 Dong An Road, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Research Institute of Health Development Strategies, Collaborative Innovation Center of Social Risks Governance in Health, Fudan University, 130 Dong An Road, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Research Institute of Health Development Strategies, Collaborative Innovation Center of Social Risks Governance in Health, Fudan University, 130 Dong An Road, Shanghai, 200032, China.
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