Analysis on the Catastrophic Expenditure on Health and Its Influence Factors of Worker Households in Heilongjiang National Forest Areas
- VernacularTitle:黑龙江省国有林区职工家庭灾难性卫生支出及其影响因素分析
- Author:
Jing-Shu HOU
1
;
Xiao-Jie WANG
;
Jing-Zhi CAO
Author Information
- Keywords: national forest areas; family catastrophic health expenditure; influencing factor; Heilongjiang
- From: Chinese Health Economics 2018;37(2):48-50
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
- Abstract: Objective:To analyze the situation and influence factors of catastrophic health expenditure in national forest areas of Heilongjiang in 2015,and propose some measures to reduce the incidence of catastrophic health expenditure.Methods:The calculating method for international catastrophic health expenditure was used to estimate the catastrophic health expenditure rate,average gap and relative gap calculation method were estimated based on logistic regression analysis method.Results:In the standard definition of 15％,25％,30％ and 40％,the catastrophic health expenditure rates of Heilongjiang national forest areas in 2015 were 27.29％,14.79％,11.80％ and 8.27％;the average gap were 5.29％,3.25％,2.59％ and 1.61％;the relative gap were 19.38％,21.97％,21.95％and 19.47％.Family economic income and household cultural degree were the protective factors for catastrophic health expenditure.Low-insurance family,family with the elderly above 65 years old and family member hospitalization were risk factors for catastrophic health expenditure.Conclusion:The government should pay more attention to the poor,increase the family income in multi-channel;focus on prevention and timely medical treatment so as to reduce the risk of serious illness;increase investment in education,improve the education level of residents;pay attention to the elderly population and improve the medical security system.
