Health Outcomes Equity among the People Insured in New Rural Cooperative Medical System in Shaanxi
- VernacularTitle:陕西省新农合参保人员健康结果公平性分析
- Author:
Yuyan QIAN
;
Jianmin GAO
;
Jue YAN
;
Xiaowei YANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
New Rural Cooperative Medical System;
Health Outcomes;
Equity;
Medical Insurance System
- From:
Chinese Medical Ethics
2015;(3):454-458
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To study the health equity and explore the influencing factors of health inequities among those insured in New Rural Cooperative Medical System and to provide theoretical and factual basis for improvement of medical insurance system through .Method:Using concentration index decomposition to explore the sources of inequity in health outcomes and the degree of horizontal inequity in health outcomes .Results:Economical level leads that the concentration indexes of two week prevalence favor the poor , i.e.the worse the health outcome of the rich is.Economical level leads that the concentration indexes of chronic disease prevalence and self -reported health defective rate favor the rich , i.e.the worse the health outcome of the poor is .Conclusion:Economic level is the primary factors affecting two weeks prevalence , age, culture level, the employment situation is the factors al-leviate health outcomes unfair .Increase people′s economic level and cultural level , improve the situation of em-ployment is important to the health equity .
