Harbin Medical University Reports Findings in Public Health (Rural residents’ willingness to participate in basic medical insurance and influential factors: A survey of three provinces in China): Health and Medicine – Public Health

2022 DEC 14 (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 Harbin, People’s Republic of China, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “Rural residents’ participation in medical insurance has a significant relationship to the affordability of their medical care. This study aims to investigate the willingness of rural residents to participate in basic medical insurance for urban and rural residents and its determinants so as to enhance their willingness to participate in medical insurance.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Harbin Medical University, “Data were obtained from 1,077 validated questionnaires from rural residents. Chi-square test and multiple logistic regression analysis were adopted to analyze determinants of rural residents’ willingness to participate in basic medical insurance for urban and rural residents. 94.3% of respondents were willing to participate in basic medical insurance for urban and rural residents and this was associated with the familiarity with the medical insurance policies [OR = 2.136, 95% CI (1.143, 3.989)], the reasonability of medical insurance premiums [OR = 2.326, 95% CI (0.998, 5.418)], the normality of doctors’ treatment behavior [OR = 3.245, 95% CI (1.339, 7.867)] and the medical insurance’s effectiveness in reducing the economic burden of disease [OR = 5.630, 95% CI (2.861, 11.079)]. Even though most respondents were willing to participate in basic medical insurance for urban and rural residents, some aspects need to be improved. The focus should be on promoting and regulating the behavior of medical staff. Financing policies and reimbursement of treatment costs need to be more scientifically developed.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “A comprehensive basic healthcare system needs to be optimized around the core function of ‘hedging financial risks’.”

For more information on this research see: Rural residents’ willingness to participate in basic medical insurance and influential factors: A survey of three provinces in China. Frontiers in Public Health, 2022;10:1037763. 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 Jinpeng Xu, School of Health Management, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, People’s Republic of China. Additional authors for this research include Guomei Tian, Ting Zhang, Hongyu Zhang, Jian Liu, Qi Shi, Fangmin Deng, Fangting Chen, Jingran He, Qunhong Wu, Zheng Kang and Hui Wang.

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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