Health Care Utilization and Health Status of NCMS Elderly Enrollees in China: Evidence from CHARLS Data
Abstract
This study explores the effect of benefit designs and demographic factors on health
care utilization and health status of elderly rural enrollees in the New Cooperative
Medical Scheme, a rural health insurance program implemented by the Chinese government
in 2003. Using the new data from CHARLS pilot study, we find that immediate reimbursement
does not have a statistically significant effect on health utilization as suggested
in a previous study, but instead on health status. Other policy-related factors neither
have a significant effect due to limited data and large standard deviation nor display
a consistent effect.
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Honors thesisDepartment
EconomicsSubject
health insurancehealth care utilization
health status
reimbursement method
New Cooperative Medical Scheme
rural China
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Li, Amy; & Wang, Pengpeng (2012). Health Care Utilization and Health Status of NCMS Elderly Enrollees in China: Evidence
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