Guizhou Normal University Reports Findings in Public Health (The effects of health insurance and physical exercise participation on life satisfaction of older people in China-Based on CHNS panel data from 2006 to 2015): Health and Medicine – Public Health

2022 SEP 22 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- New research on Health and Medicine - Public Health is the subject of a report. According to news reporting out of Guiyang, People’s Republic of China, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “In China, the problem of aging population has become more and more serious. The factors influencing life satisfaction of older people are becoming a significant issue.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Guizhou Normal University, “This study explores the effects of health insurance and physical exercise on life satisfaction of older people in China. This study used an unbalanced panel dataset ( = 6,393, T = 4) of older adults aged 60-80 years from the 2006 to 2015 China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS). A panel ordered logistic regression model was developed to examine the effects of health insurance and physical exercise on older people’ life satisfaction. Mediation tests were used to examine the mediating role of physical exercise in the effect of health insurance on life satisfaction of older people. Life satisfaction of older people was positively associated with participation in health insurance (OR = 1.439) and physical exercise (OR = 1.033). Participation in government health insurance, urban employee health insurance (UEBMI), new rural cooperative health insurance (NRCMI), and other commercial health insurance all have positive effects on life satisfaction of older people. Physical exercise plays a masking role in the effect of health insurance on life satisfaction of older people. Participation in health insurance and physical exercise are important means to promote life satisfaction among older people.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Physical exercise affects the impact of health insurance on older people’s life satisfaction.”

For more information on this research see: The effects of health insurance and physical exercise participation on life satisfaction of older people in China-Based on CHNS panel data from 2006 to 2015. Frontiers in Public Health, 2022;10:858191. Frontiers in Public Health can be contacted at: Frontiers Media Sa, Avenue Du Tribunal Federal 34, Lausanne, Ch-1015, Switzerland.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Xiaojin Zeng, College of Physical Education, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, People’s Republic of China. Additional authors for this research include Lin Luo and Xiangfei Wang.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.858191. 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.

Publisher contact information for the journal Frontiers in Public Health is: Frontiers Media Sa, Avenue Du Tribunal Federal 34, Lausanne, Ch-1015, Switzerland.

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