Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital Researcher Details New Studies and Findings in the Area of Health Insurance (Obstetric service demand is the main health need of the Vietnamese population in Guangxi, China: A cross-sectional study): Health Insurance

2024 FEB 27 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Current study results on health insurance have been published. According to news reporting from Guangxi, People’s Republic of China, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “China has become an emerging destination for international migration, especially in some Association of South East Asian Nations countries, but the situation of migrants seeking medical care in China remains unclear. A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted in a hospital in Chongzuo, which provides medical services for foreigners, to investigate the situation of Vietnamese people seeking health care in Guangxi, China.”

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital: “Vietnamese patients who visited the hospital between 2018 and 2020 were included in the study. Demographic characteristics, clinical characteristics, characteristics of payment for medical costs, and characteristics of hospitalization were compared between outpatients and inpatients. In total, 778 Vietnamese outpatients and 173 inpatients were included in this study. The percentages of female outpatients and inpatients were 93.44% and 88.44% (ch2 = 5.133, P = .023), respectively. Approximately 30% of outpatients and 47% of inpatients visited the hospital due to obstetric needs. The proportions of outpatients with basic medical insurance for urban residents, basic medical insurance for urban employees, and new cooperative medical schemes were 28.02%, 3.21%, and 2.31%, respectively. In comparison, the proportion of inpatients with the above 3 types of medical insurance was 16.76%, 1.73%, and 2.31%, respectively. The proportion of different payments for medical costs between outpatients and inpatients were significantly different (ch2 = 24.404, P < .01).”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Middle-aged Vietnamese females in Guangxi, China, may have much greater healthcare needs. Their main medical demand is for obstetric services. Measurements should be taken to improve the health services targeting Vietnamese female, but the legitimacy of Vietnamese in Guangxi is a major prerequisite for them to access more and better healthcare services.”

For more information on this research see: Obstetric service demand is the main health need of the Vietnamese population in Guangxi, China: A cross-sectional study. Medicine, 2024,103(6). (Medicine - http://journals.lww.com/md-journal). The publisher for Medicine is Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health).

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.1097/md.0000000000037234.

Our news journalists report that more information may be obtained by contacting Zhini Lan, Office of International Exchange and Cooperation, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning, Guangxi, People’s Republic of China. Additional authors for this research include Xiaoqiu Wu, Jiefang Huang, Cuizhu Pan, Jingzhen Lai, Xia Liang.

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