HEALTH INSURANCE AND MEDICAL IMPOVERISHMENT IN RURAL CHINA: EVIDENCE FROM GUIZHOU PROVINCE

被引：4
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作者：
Zhang, Yumei [1 ]
Filipski, Mateusz J. [2 ]
Chen, Kevin Z. [3 ]
机构：
[1] Chinese Acad Agr Sci, Agr Informat Inst, 12 Zhong Guan Cun Nan Da Jie, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China
[2] Int Food Policy Res Inst, Dev Strategy & Governance Div, 2033 K St NW, Washington, DC 20815 USA
[3] CAAS, Int Food Policy Res Inst, 12 Zhong Guan Cun Nan Da Jie,Mailbox F16, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China
来源：
SINGAPORE ECONOMIC REVIEW | 2019年 / 64卷 / 03期
基金：
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词：
Health insurance; medical expenditure; poverty; inequality; POVERTY; EXPENDITURE; INEQUALITY; SCHEME;
D O I：
10.1142/S021759081650017X
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
We analyze the effects of the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) on poverty, using micro-level household data from 17 villages in a poor area of China's Guizhou province. A four-wave panel dataset allows us to follow NCMS through its reforms. First-order impact assessments suggest NCMS helps reduce the poverty rate by up to 3 percentage points, and the poverty gap by up to 15 percentage points. It also reduces the contribution of health expenditures to inequality as measured by Gini coefficient. The benefits of NCMS in terms of poverty and inequality appear considerably larger after major reforms in 2009, which expanded benefits and coverage.
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页码：727 / 745
页数：19
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