DOI: 10.7664/CHE20140415
Analysis on the Impact of New Rural Cooperative Medical System on Medical Burden of Rural Residents
CHEN Qing-kun
MAO A-yan
DAI Tao
Abstract：Objective: To investigate the impact of New Rural Cooperative Medical System (NCMS)on rural resident’s medical burden. Methods: It investigates the survey data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey and employing difference-in-difference method based on the fixed effect model. Results: NCMS increases rural resident’s actual reimbursement rate, release the high health medical expenditure, but has limit impact on medical expenditure. The low-income group has greater risk on high medical expenditure. Conclusion: It is needed to improve the level of NCMS policy implementation; strengthen the supervision of designated medical institutions and increase policy support for low-income rural residents.
Keywords：new rural cooperative medical systemmedical burdendifference in differences model
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 46-48 )