North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power Reports Findings in Science (Influence of China’s Overall Planning for Urban and Rural Medical Insurance on Citizen Health): Science

2022 JUL 19 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- New research on Science is the subject of a report. According to news reporting originating in Zhengzhou, People’s Republic of China, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “We conducted this study to make an empirical test of the influence of China’s overall planning for urban and rural medical insurance on citizen health. Using the data of the China Labor-force Dynamics Survey (CLDS) 2018, self-rated health was chosen as the proxy variable of citizen health status, and the obvious heterogeneity of the influence was measured by the ordered logit model.”

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from the North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, “After participating in the unified urban-rural medical insurance, the probability for citizens’ self-rated health to increase by one or more levels grew by 0.21 times (OR = 1.21, p = .004). Further analysis revealed that after participating in the unified urban-rural medical insurance, the probability for males’ self-rated health to increase by one or more levels grew by 0.23 times (OR = 1.23, p = .022); the probability for females’ self- rated health to increase by one or more levels grew by 0.22 times (OR = 1.22, p = .045); the probability for rural citizens’ self-rated health to increase by one or more levels grew by 0.25 times (OR = 1.25, p = .006); and, the probability for eastern China’s citizens’ self-rated health to increase by one or more levels grew by 0.28 times (OR = 1.28, p = .007).”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Participating in the unified urban-rural medical insurance program had a greater positive impact on the self-rated health of males than of females, on rural residents versus urban residents, and on eastern residents than central and western residents.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Influence of China’s Overall Planning for Urban and Rural Medical Insurance on Citizen Health. American Journal of Health Behavior, 2022;46(3):248-258. American Journal of Health Behavior can be contacted at: Png Publications, 2205-K Oak Ridge Rd, #115, Oak Ridge, NC 27310, USA.

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Chencan Liu, Chencan Liu, Lecturer, School of Public Administration, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, People’s Republic of China. Additional authors for this research include Aolong Liu and Dandan Xu.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.5993/ajhb.46.3.4. 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.

The publisher of the American Journal of Health Behavior can be contacted at: Png Publications, 2205-K Oak Ridge Rd, #115, Oak Ridge, NC 27310, USA.

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