The Impacts of China's Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance on Healthcare Expenditures and Health Outcomes
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DOI: 10.1002/hec.3281
Abstract: At the end of 1998, China launched a government-run mandatory insurance program, the urban employee basic medical insurance (UEBMI), to replace the previous medical insurance system. Using the UEBMI reform in China as a natural… read more here.
Keywords: medical insurance; insurance; employee basic; urban employee ... See more keywords
Estimating cancer incidence based on claims data from medical insurance systems in two areas lacking cancer registries in China
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100312
Abstract: Summary Background We aimed to establish a Medical-Insurance-System-based Cancer Surveillance System (MIS-CASS) in China and evaluate the completeness and timeliness of this system through reporting cancer incidence rates using claims data in two regions in… read more here.
Keywords: incidence; medical insurance; claims data; 100 000 ... See more keywords
Air pollution and avoidance behavior: A perspective from the demand for medical insurance
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120970
Abstract: Abstract Using the China Health and Nutrition Survey, this study quantifies the causal effects of air pollution on the demand for medical insurance from the perspective of avoidance behavior; an instrumental variable approach was used.… read more here.
Keywords: air pollution; insurance; medical insurance; demand medical ... See more keywords
Effect of integrated urban and rural residents' medical insurance on the cost of services to patients with severe mental illness in China: a cross-sectional study
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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(19)32403-1
Abstract: Abstract Background Mental illness is often a chronic disease involving long treatment durations. It is characterised by high relapse rates and a high degree of disability, resulting in high socioeconomic aggregate costs to families and… read more here.
Keywords: medical insurance; mental illness; illness; severe mental ... See more keywords
Can public medical insurance promote rural entrepreneurship? Evidence from China
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2021.1899118
Abstract: ABSTRACT Using China’s National Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS), a heavily subsided public medical insurance (PMI) scheme, aiming at covering all rural populations in China, as a quasi-natural experiment, we find that PMI unleashes entrepreneurship in… read more here.
Keywords: medical insurance; pmi; insurance promote; insurance ... See more keywords
The relationship between hemodialysis mortality and the Chinese medical insurance type
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DOI: 10.1080/0886022x.2019.1652648
Abstract: Statement of Retraction We, the Editor and Publishers of Renal Failure, have retracted the following article: Xi Yao, Shaohua Chen, Wenhua Lei, Nan Shi, Weiqiang Lin, Xiaoying Du, Ping Zhang & Jianghua Chen, The relationship… read more here.
Keywords: hemodialysis mortality; chinese medical; medical insurance; renal failure ... See more keywords
Exploring the Intention of Middle-Aged and Elderly Consumers to Participate in Inclusive Medical Insurance
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DOI: 10.1109/access.2022.3187711
Abstract: With the sudden and heavy consequences of diseases, medical insurance has become a vital part of the medical system. Inclusive medical insurance (IMI) aims to help people manage personal health risks from an economic perspective… read more here.
Keywords: medical insurance; intention; aged elderly; trust ... See more keywords
Impacts of unifying urban and rural residents’ medical insurance on the hospitalisation expenses of rural patients in eastern China: an interrupted time series analysis
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067198
Abstract: Objectives This study evaluated the impact of the Urban and Rural Residents’ Basic Medical Insurance scheme on hospitalisation expenses of rural patients in eastern China, which unified separate healthcare systems for urban and rural residents.… read more here.
Keywords: medical insurance; urban rural; rural patients; insurance ... See more keywords
Out-of-pocket expenses for myasthenia gravis patients in China: a study on patients insured by basic medical insurance in China, 2013–2015
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DOI: 10.1186/s13023-019-1289-9
Abstract: Background Myasthenia gravis is a rare autoimmune neuromuscular disorder. The disorder requires long-term use of expensive medication to control clinical symptoms. This study analyzed the change in trends of total medical expenses and out-of-pocket expenses… read more here.
Keywords: medicine; medical insurance; pocket expenses; myasthenia gravis ... See more keywords
The use of trastuzumab affected by health insurance policy in Jiangsu Province of China
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DOI: 10.21037/tcr-20-3329
Abstract: Background Breast cancer recurrence and mortality have been shown to decrease after trastuzumab treatment in human epidermal growth factor 2 (HER2)-positive early-stage breast cancer (EBC) patients. In Jiangsu Province, trastuzumab has been subsidized for patients… read more here.
Keywords: medical insurance; insurance; trastuzumab; use ... See more keywords
The role of sustainable urban employee basic medical insurance in health risk appraisal of urban residents.
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DOI: 10.3233/wor-205357
Abstract: BACKGROUND The basic medical insurance for urban workers has always been a hot issue concerned by all walks of life. However, at this stage, there are still some problems in the the basic medical insurance… read more here.
Keywords: medical insurance; health; basic medical; insurance urban ... See more keywords