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Xu, Yongjian, Garrib, Anupam 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2305-3749, Zhou, Zhongliang, Wang, Duolao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2788-2464, Gao, Jianmin, Yang, Xiaowei, Fan, Xiaojing and Chen, Gang
(2019)
'New Health Care Reform and Impoverishment among Chronic Households in China: A Random-Intercept Approach.'. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 16, Issue 6.
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Abstract
High out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for chronic disease care often contribute directly to household poverty. Although previous studies have explored the determinants of impoverishment in China, few published studies have compared levels of impoverishment before and after the New Health Care Reform (NHCR) in households with members with chronic diseases (hereafter referred to as chronic households). Our study explored this using data from the fourth and fifth National Health Service Surveys conducted in Shaanxi Province. In total, 1938 households in 2008 and 7700 households in 2013 were included in the analysis. Rates of impoverishment were measured using a method proposed by the World Health Organization. Multilevel logistic modeling was used to explore the influence of the NHCR on household impoverishment. Our study found that the influence of NHCR on impoverishment varied by residential location. After the reform, in rural areas, there was a significant decline in impoverishment, although the impoverishment rate remained high. There was little change in urban areas. In addition, impoverishment in the poorest households did not decline after the NHCR. Our findings are important for policy makers in particular for evaluating reform effectiveness, informing directions for health policy improvement, and highlighting achievements in the efforts to alleviate the economic burden of households that have members with chronic diseases.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | WA Public Health > WA 30 Socioeconomic factors in public health (General) WA Public Health > Health Problems of Special Population Groups > WA 395 Health in developing countries WA Public Health > Health Administration and Organization > WA 540 National and state health administration |
| Faculty: Department: | Clinical Sciences & International Health > Clinical Sciences Department |
| Digital Object Identifer (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16061074 |
| Depositing User: | Stacy Murtagh |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Apr 2019 08:07 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Nov 2020 22:11 |
| URI: | https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/10560 |
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