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New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme and Its Effects on the Utilization of Healthcare Services

In: Public Medical Insurance Reforms in China

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  • Xinxin Ma

    (Hosei University)

Abstract

This study conducts an empirical analysis using longitudinal survey data from the China Health and Nutrition SurveyChina Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) to estimate the impact of the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (NRCMSNew Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (NRCMS)) on the utilization of healthcare servicesUtilization of healthcare service. It is found that, first, predisposing factorsPredisposing factor, enabling factorsEnabling factors, health care needs factorsHealth care need factors, and lifestyle factorsLifestyle factors affect the utilization of healthcare services. Second, results of the difference-in-differences method analysis indicate that NRCMS did not affect the utilization of healthcare services (e.g., outpatientOutpatient and inpatientInpatient) of ill persons. However, it might increase the possibility of getting a health examinationHealth examination. Third, the utilization of healthcare services (both outpatient and inpatient) between the NRCMS enrollment and non-enrollment groups in both the working age (15–59) and the elderly groups (60 and over) did not differ. However, NRCMS positively affected disease prevention behavior in the working age group. Fourth, from a long-termLong-term perspective, the NRCMS did not affect the utilization of healthcare services (outpatient or inpatient). Further, its positive effect on health examination dissipated.

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  • Xinxin Ma, 2022. "New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme and Its Effects on the Utilization of Healthcare Services," Springer Books, in: Public Medical Insurance Reforms in China, chapter 0, pages 137-159, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-16-7790-8_7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-7790-8_7
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