Shanghai Jiao Tong University Reports Findings in Mental Health Diseases and Conditions (Does medical insurance improve health? An empirical analysis from China): Mental Health Diseases and Conditions

2023 MAR 14 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- New research on Mental Health Diseases and Conditions is the subject of a report. According to news originating from Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Medical insurance is considered to be closely related to individual health status, while their relationship are left to be clarified. This article aims to examine the relationship between medical insurance and the health status of residents in China.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, “The data is from a nationally representative sample of CGSS2015, and the estimation methods of ordered logit model, generalised ordered logit model and instrumental variable (IV) were used. Both public medical insurance (PMI) and commercial medical insurance (CMI) had a positive correlation with residents’ self-assessed physical and mental health, while PMI was more statistically significant and substantively important than CMI. The basic results estimated with the generalised ordered logit model and IV model still remained robust. Further analysis found that medical insurance, whether public or commercial, had more or less weakened the importance of income to personal health, showing a substitute effect for income. PMI has been proven to help promote the physical and mental health of residents and moderate the importance of residents’ income to health.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Besides, CMI also plays a beneficial supplementary role in promoting residents’ health.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Does medical insurance improve health? An empirical analysis from China. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2023. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management can be contacted at: Wiley, 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ, USA.

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Linsha Wei, School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China. Additional authors for this research include Chengzhi Yi and Cuihong Long.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3628. 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’s contact information for the The International Journal of Health Planning and Management is: Wiley, 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ, USA.

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