社会医疗保障改革的福利效应:以中国城镇为例 |
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收稿时间: | 3 April 2007 |
Welfare effects of public health insurance reform: The case of urban China |
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Authors: | Jihong Ding Minglai Zhu |
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Institution: | (1) School of Economics, Nankai University, Tianjin, 30071, China |
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Abstract: | This paper evaluates Chinese public health insurance reform enforced since 1998 in terms of its welfare effects. We evaluate
China health insurance reform since 1998 using the China Health and Nutrition Surveys (CHNS) data with relevant econometric
models. The results of empirical studies show that the public health insurance status has significant impact on medical service
utilization and expenditure. The reform reduces the positive effect of public health insurance on medical service utilization,
meaning the utilization gap is narrowed after the reform. However, the empirical studies find that the medical expenditure
growth of the sample individuals in urban China has not been controlled after the Basic Medical Insurance (BMI) program even
if a new co-payment is enforced. Two main reasons for this failure might be the rising cost of medical service and physician’s
severe moral hazard, while both of them come from no managed care mechanism for medical service providers in China.
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Keywords: | health insurance reform medical service expenditure medical service utilization |
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