Study on the ability of New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme to reduce health risk factors in Anhui province
10.3969/j.issn.1674-2982.2015.11.007
- VernacularTitle:安徽省新农合制度抗疾病风险能力探析
- Author:
Huazhang CHEN
;
Chengzhi CHU
;
Hengqiu XU
;
Yunsheng KONG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme;
Ability to reduce health risk factors;
Poverty caused by diseases
- From:
Chinese Journal of Health Policy
2015;8(11):31-35
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective: To describe the degree of poverty caused by diseases among farmers who have joined New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme( NRCMS) in Anhui province, and analyze the ability of NRCMS to reduce health risk factors in Anhui province, in order to provide suggestions for improving the NRCMS strategy. Methods: This paper randomly selects three counties to conduct comparative analysis on the NRCMS strategic changes from the aspects of registration rates, funding levels and compensation ratios between 2013 and 2014, in order to analyze the ability of NRCMS to reduce health risk factors from the aspects of the rate of poverty caused by diseases, the resolving degree of poverty caused by diseases, the alleviation degree of poverty caused by diseases, etc. Results: The ability of NRCMS to reduce health risk factors in Anhui province has improved between 2013 and 2014 , but the improve-ment is limited. Conclusions:In order to reduce the incidence of poverty caused by diseases among the farmers, gov-ernment should reform the payment methods, control the outflow of patients and improve the multi-level security sys-tem, in order to gradually reduce the poverty caused by diseases among farmers.
