Trend of urban-rural disparities in hospital admissions and medical expenditure in China from 2003 to 2011.
Trend of urban-rural disparities in hospital admissions and medical expenditure in China from 2003 to 2011.
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2003-2011年中国住院人数和医疗费用城乡差异变化趋势
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0108571
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发表时间:
2014
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影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Liu M
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作者:
Fu R;Wang Y;Bao H;Wang Z;Li Y;Su S;Liu M
Objectives To assess the trend of urban-rural disparities in hospital admissions and medical expenditure between 2003 and 2011 in the context of Chinese health-care system reform. Methods The data were from three different national surveys: the Third National Health Services Survey in 2003, the Fourth National Health Services Survey in 2008 and the national health-care reform phased assessment survey in 2011. There were 151421, 143380 and 48356 respondents aged 15 years or older in 2003, 2008 and 2011, respectively. Results The health insurance coverage expanded considerably from 27.7% in 2003 to 96.4% in 2011 among respondents aged 15 years or older. Hospitalization rate increased rapidly from 4.1% in 2003 to 9.6% in 2011. Urban respondents had higher hospital admissions than rural respondents, and the RR (95% CI) of hospitalization was 1.23 (1.17–1.30), 1.06 (1.02–1.10) and 1.16 (1.10–1.23) in 2003, 2008 and 2011, respectively. The urban-rural disparity in hospital admissions significantly narrowed over time. Urban respondents had a higher admission rate if insured and a lower admission if not insured than their rural counterparts. Of the six medical expenditure measures, the disparities in reimbursement rate and the proportion of hospitalization direct cost to the total consumer spending significantly narrowed. Conclusions The health insurance coverage has been continually expanding and health service utilization has been substantially improved. Urban-rural disparities have been narrowed but still exist. Therefore, policy-makers should focus on increasing investment and reimbursement levels, developing a uniform standard health insurance system for urban and rural residents and improving the medical assistance system.
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影响因子:
3.7
作者:
Sun H;Zhang Q;Luo X;Quan H;Zhang F;Liu C;Liu M
通讯作者:
Liu M
影响因子:
2.1
作者:
Lei, Xiaoyan;Lin, Wanchuan
通讯作者:
Lin, Wanchuan
DOI:
10.1016/s0140-6736(08)61364-1
发表时间:
2008-10-25
期刊:
Lancet (London, England)
影响因子:
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作者:
Tang S;Meng Q;Chen L;Bekedam H;Evans T;Whitehead M
通讯作者:
Whitehead M
影响因子:
6.8
作者:
Dong, Keyong
通讯作者:
Dong, Keyong
影响因子:
168.9
作者:
Yang, Gonghuan;Kong, Lingzhi;Koplan, Jeffrey P.
通讯作者:
Koplan, Jeffrey P.