New Health and Medicine Data Has Been Reported by a Researcher at Chongqing Technology and Business University (Poverty Reduction Effects of Medical Insurance on Middle-Aged and Elderly Families under the Goal of Common Prosperity in China): Health and Medicine

2023 FEB 28 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at CDC & FDA Daily -- Data detailed on agriculture have been presented. According to news reporting originating from Chongqing, People’s Republic of China, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Eliminating poverty due to illness is an important way for China to pursue common prosperity.”

Financial supporters for this research include The National Social Science Fund of China.

The news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Chongqing Technology and Business University: “The high medical expenditure caused by the aging population has brought severe challenges to governments and families of all countries, especially in China, where the entire population has just been lifted out of poverty in 2020 and then hit by COVID-19. How to prevent the possible return of poor boundary families to poverty in China has become a difficult research topic. Based on the latest data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey, this paper discusses the poverty reduction effect of medical insurance on middle-aged and elderly families from the absolute index and relative index. Medical insurance had a poverty reduction effect on middle-aged and elderly families, especially the poor boundary families. For example, people who participated in medical insurance reduced their financial burden by 2.36% for middle-aged and older families compared to people who did not participate in medical insurance. Furthermore, the poverty reduction effect had heterogeneity in gender and age.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “This research brings some policy implications. For example, the government should give more protection to vulnerable groups such as the elderly and low-income families and improve the fairness and effectiveness of the medical insurance system.”

For more information on this research see: Poverty Reduction Effects of Medical Insurance on Middle-Aged and Elderly Families under the Goal of Common Prosperity in China. Healthcare, 2023,11(4). (Healthcare - http://www.mdpi.com/journal/healthcare). The publisher for Healthcare is MDPI AG.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11040477.

Our news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Linhong Chen, School of Marxism, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing 400067, People’s Republic of China. Additional authors for this research include Xiaocang Xu. Our reports deliver fact-based news of research and discoveries from around the world.