Extending health insurance to the rural population: an impact evaluation of China's new cooperative medical scheme.
By Adam Wagstaff, M. Lindelow, Gao Jun, X. Ling, J. Qian. Journal of Health Economics, 2007
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In 2003, China launched a heavily subsidized voluntary health insurance program for rural residents. We combine differences-in-differences with matching methods to obtain impact estimates, using data collected from program administrators, health facilities and households. The scheme has increased outpatient and inpatient utilization, and has reduced the cost of deliveries. But it has not reduced out-of-pocket expenses per outpatient visit or inpatient spell. Out-of-pocket payments overall have not been reduced. We find heterogeneity across income groups and implementing counties. The program has increased ownership of expensive equipment among central township health centers but has had no impact on cost per case.
Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Finance, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
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- The Power of Social Pensions: Evidence from China's New Rural Pension Scheme (2016, background): “…when most of the 21The health insurance program for rural people is mainly New Rural Cooperation Medical Insurance Scheme (NCMS) began in 2003 and reached a universal coverage in 2008, which is a heavily subsidized voluntary health insurance program targeting rural residents(Wagstaff et al., 2009).”
- The Health Implications of Social Pensions: Evidence from China's New Rural Pension Scheme (2016, background): “31 that the NCMS enrollment has led to an improvement in physical and cognitive function of the elderly; however, most studies find little or only modest evidence that the NCMS or the basic public health insurance program in urban China have reduced out-of-pocket health expenditure (Wagstaff et al.,”