An Analysis on the Role of Outpatient Security in Health Seeking Behavior,Health Protection and Medical Expenses for Chronic Diseases:Taking Hypertension Patients as an Example
- VernacularTitle:慢性病门诊待遇对患者就医行为、健康产出及医疗费用的影响研究:以高血压患者为例
- Author:
Wenwen DU
1
;
Ping LIU
;
Wei XU
Author Information
1. 中国药科大学国际医药商学院 南京 211198
- Keywords:
reimbursement of outpatient care for chronic diseases;
health seeking behavior;
health outcome;
medical expense
- From:
Chinese Health Economics
2024;43(3):1-6,15
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objectives:To find the impact of outpatient security in health seeking behavior,health protection and medical ex-pense for chronic diseases.Methods:Based on the hypertension patients'all medical visits records of urban and rural residents who were insured under the basic medical insurance system in sample region of Nanjing from 2019 to 2021,the quantitative relationship between chronic disease outpatient treatment and patients'healthcare behaviors,health outputs,and healthcare costs was analyzed by an individual-time two-way fixed effect model and Utest test.Results:When the annual outpatient reimbursement ratio is in the range of(42.99％,64.11％),strengthening the security for outpatient service could make people seek medical advice reasonably and achieve a better health outcome,as well as controlling the medical expenses.Conclusion:Properly raising actual compensation for chronic outpatient care could lead to the rational health-seeking behaviors,safeguarding health for the insured,and on this basis,achieve control of medical costs and effective use of the basic medical insurance pool.
