Sun Yat-sen University Reports Findings in Science (Policy interplay among social health insurance system, pension system, delayed retirement initiative and implications for the self-rated health status of older workers): Science

2023 NOV 28 (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 originating from Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Delayed retirement initiative proposed in China attaches greater importance to the sustainability of pension systems and the labour shortage, but less to the health status of older people. The existing social health insurance and pension system are not well established to match this initiative.”

Financial support for this research came from National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences.

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Sun Yat-sen University, “This study investigates the policy mix of delayed retirement, employment-based social health insurance, social pension participation for health status of older people. Results of the data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS-2018) show that late retirement could benefit health status among older adults. Moreover, such effect of late retirement appears more salient for those uninsured by employment-based social health insurance and those still in the pension contribution phase upon reaching the statutory retirement age.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Hence, in countries with inadequate health insurance and pension systems, such as China, delayed retirement may serve as an important alternative to social security for the health of older people.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Policy interplay among social health insurance system, pension system, delayed retirement initiative and implications for the self-rated health status of older workers. 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 Bocong Yuan, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China. Additional authors for this research include Jiannan Li, Kunmei Li and Longtao He.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3738. 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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