Analysis of Whether Employee Health Insurance Outpatient Co-payments Can"Crowd out"Commercial Health Insurance
Jiang Peifeng
Song Zhanjun
Abstract：Objective:To explore the influence of outpatient co-ordination on the purchase of commercial medical insurance in China,enrich the research perspective of outpatient co-ordination.Methods:Based on the data of China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study from 2011 to 2020,past outpatient co-ordination policies in pilot cities and the Digital Inclusive Finance insurance index,using staggered DID to empirically test the impact of outpatient co-ordination on employees'commercial medical insurance purchase.Results:Outpatient co-payment increases workers'willingness to purchase commercial health insurance,which increases by about 4％;heterogeneity analysis finds outpatient co-payment primarily affects individuals'commercial insurance purchasing behavior and that the extent of the effect is related to workers'age,health status,and the outpatient co-payment coverage model of the affiliation.Conclusion:Improving the outpatient co-payment guarantee mechanism at the national level and promoting the effective connection between basic medical insurance and commercial medical insurance.
Keywords：medical insurance for employeesoutpatient co-ordinationcommercial medical insurance
Publication Date：2024-10-05
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 44-47,53 )