Findings from J. Ren and Colleagues Update Understanding of Public Health (Financial Affordability, Health Insurance, and Use of Health Care Services by the Elderly: Findings From the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study)

2019 OCT 30 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Heart Disease Daily -- Researchers detail new data in Health and Medicine - Public Health. According to news reporting originating in Zhuhai, People’s Republic of China, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “The rapidly growing aging population has attracted global attention. This study explores the associations between 3 basic health insurances, and it identifies factors associated with health care services among the elderly populations.”

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research, “This study is based on multistage stratified cluster sampling method from the 2013 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) resulting in 7589 participants. Medical Insurance for Urban Employees (MIUE) members were more likely to use inpatient health care services. Health insurance programs were associated with inpatient services usage but not outpatient services usage. There are significant disparities in medical costs and health care service usage among the 3 insurance programs. Health insurance program is only associated with inpatient care.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “These findings may provide some suggestions to support improvements to the Chinese health care system.”

For more information on this research see: Financial Affordability, Health Insurance, and Use of Health Care Services by the Elderly: Findings From the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. Asia-pacific Journal of Public Health, 2019;31(6):510-521. Asia-pacific Journal of Public Health can be contacted at: SAGE Publications, USA , 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA. (Sage Publications - http://www.sagepub.com/; Asia-pacific Journal of Public Health - aph.sagepub.com)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting J. Ren, Zhuhai Campus of Zunyi Medical University, Zhuhai, People’s Republic of China. Additional authors for this research include D. Ding, Q. Wu, C. Liu, Y. Hao, Y. Cui, H. Sun, N. Ning, Y. Li, Z. Kang, L. Shan, M. Zhao and B. Liu.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1177/1010539519877054. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

The publisher of the Asia-pacific Journal of Public Health can be contacted at: SAGE Publications, USA , 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA.

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