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- Title
Benefit distribution of social health insurance: evidence from china's urban resident basic medical insurance.
- Authors
Jay Pan; Sen Tian; Qin Zhou; Wei Han; Pan, Jay; Tian, Sen; Zhou, Qin; Han, Wei
- Abstract
Equity is one of the essential objectives of the social health insurance. This article evaluates the benefit distribution of the China's Urban Residents' Basic Medical Insurance (URBMI), covering 300 million urban populations. Using the URBMI Household Survey data fielded between 2007 and 2011, we estimate the benefit distribution by the two-part model, and find that the URBMI beneficiaries from lower income groups benefited less than that of higher income groups. In other words, government subsidy that was supposed to promote the universal coverage of health care flew more to the rich. Our study provides new evidence on China's health insurance system reform, and it bears meaningful policy implication for other developing countries facing similar challenges on the way to universal coverage of health insurance.
- Subjects
CHINA; HEALTH insurance; HEALTH care reform; HEALTH insurance policies; MEDICAL care costs; MEDICAL care; HEALTH services accessibility; HEALTH status indicators; INSURANCE; NATIONAL health services; POVERTY; GOVERNMENT aid
- Publication
Health Policy & Planning, 2016, Vol 31, Issue 7, p853
- ISSN
0268-1080
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1093/heapol/czv141