Medical Insurance Affecting on the Health of the Elderly in China：based on the exmination of limited information of the maximum likelihood method
10.7664/CHE20140106
- VernacularTitle:医疗保险对我国老年人健康的影响：基于有限信息极大似然法的检验
- Author:
Xiguo LIU
;
Jian WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
medical insurance;
health of the elderly;
limited information of the maximum likelihood method
- From:
Chinese Health Economics
2014;(1):24-25
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective: Based on overcoming the adverse effect of endogenous problem of causality; to study the effect of health insurance for the health of the elderly. Methods: To apply limited information maximum likelihood method and introduce instrumental variables for two-phase analysis. Results: The more to types of medical insurance participated, the easier the risk of chronic diseases could be reduced, but unfavorable to improve self-reported health. Conclusion: The government should develop social insurance under New Rural Cooperative Medical System, to improve the abilities of the elderly in participating in medical insurance.
