DOI: 10.76641CHE20140516
Analysis on the Urban-Rural Difference Impact of Aging on Health Care Expenditure
CHENG Hai-xing
ZHU Man-zhou
Abstract：Objective: To study the urban and rural difference impacts of aging on health care expenditure. Methods: Using 2002-2011 panel data of 31 provinces throughout the country to build fixed effect models for the urban and rural areas and make comparative analysis. Results: For urban and rural areas, there are significant differences in the impact of aging on health care expenditure, the estimated coefficients are 0.13 and 0.48 respectively. Conclusion:Under the background of the aging process, it needs to strengthen the construction of rural medical insurance system in China, increase financial support and rural health resource allocation.
Keywords：aginghealth care expenditureurban-rural differencepanel data models
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：2( 51-52 )