New Public Health Study Findings Recently Were Published by Researchers at Wenzhou Medical University (Does long-term care insurance reduce the disability among middle-aged and older adults? Evidence from China): Health and Medicine – Public Health

Health Policy and Law Daily

2023 JUN 29 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily -- New study results on public health have been published. According to news reporting from Wenzhou Medical University by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “This study aimed to examine whether the implementation of Long-Term Care Insurance (LTCI) policy could reduce the disability among middle-aged and older adults in China, and to test the heterogeneity of the effects.”

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Wenzhou Medical University: “Data came from four waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS, 2011 to 2018). The Difference-In-Differences (DID) method and the panel data fixed effect model were used to estimate the effect of implementation of LTCI policy on disability among individuals aged 45 years and above. The LTCI policy had a positive impact on reducing disability among middle-aged and older people. Females, younger adults, city dwellers, and individuals living alone benefited the most from LTCI policy. The results provided empirical evidence for the implementation of LTCI policy in China and other similar countries as China.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “The implementation of LTCI policy should also pay more attention to inequity of the effects on reducing disability among different demographic groups.”

For more information on this research see: Does long-term care insurance reduce the disability among middle-aged and older adults? Evidence from China. BMC Public Health, 2023,23(1):1-8. (BMC Public Health - http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com). The publisher for BMC Public Health is BMC.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16057-0.

Our news journalists report that more information may be obtained by contacting Na Cao, School of Public Health and Management, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou Medical University Chashan Campus. Additional authors for this research include Tong Shi, Chaoping Pan.