The impact of the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme on the & ldquo;health poverty alleviation & rdquo; of rural households in China

doi:10.1016/S2095-3119(20)63372-X

	The impact of the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme on the & ldquo;health poverty alleviation & rdquo; of rural households in China
	Qin Li-jian 1; Chien-ping Chen 2; Li Yu-heng 3; Sun Yan-ming 4; Chen Hong 5
刊名	JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE AGRICULTURE
	2021-04-01
卷号	20 期号:4 页码:1068-1079
关键词	New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme rural households health poverty alleviation
ISSN号	2095-3119
DOI	10.1016/S2095-3119(20)63372-X
通讯作者	Chien-ping Chen(chenhong.china@163.com) ; Li Yu-heng(liyuheng@igsnrr.ac.cn)
英文摘要	This study investigates the impact of the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (NRCMS) on rural households to escape poverty. We employ the instrumental variable method, the IVProbit model, to analyze the national data from the rural-resident field survey by the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) in 2016. Based on the large-scale data, we found that, first, the hospitalization of family members is the key factor in increasing the risk of the family falling into poverty. The NRCMS has significantly reduced the likely risk of falling into poverty. Second, the impact of the NRCMS on poverty alleviation varies among groups with different levels of income. There is no impact on the upper-middle and high-income groups; in contrast, the NRCMS has substantially improved the capacity of low-income rural families to prevent poverty due to illness, especially for the lower-middle-income group. Third, there exist significant regional differences in the impact of NRCMS on the health poverty alleviation of rural households in China. The NRCMS has successfully reduced the risk of rural households in the western region falling into poverty, simultaneously, no significant impact on those in the eastern and central regions. In order to diminish and eliminate poverty eventually and boost rural residents? capacity for income acquisition, we propose the following: raise the actual compensation ratio of the NRCMS, control the rising expense of NRCMS by promoting the payment method reform, construct the comprehensive healthcare system in the western region, strengthen the medical security for the poor in remote area, and enhance the living environment for rural residents.
资助项目	National Social Science Fund of China[18FGL014] ; Key Project of Humanities and Social Science Base of Anhui Province of China[SK2019A0491] ; Humanities and Social Science Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China[18YJA790065] ; Social Science Foundation of Anhui Province of China[AHSKY2017D01] ; Outstanding Scholar Project of Anhui Province of China[gxbjZD12] ; Key Project of the Social Science Foundation of Anhui Province of China[AHSKY2020D44] ; 2019 Major Project of the Social Science Foundation of Anhui Province of China[AHSKZD2019D04]
WOS研究方向	Agriculture
语种	英语
出版者	ELSEVIER SCI LTD
WOS记录号	WOS:000634096200018
资助机构	National Social Science Fund of China ; Key Project of Humanities and Social Science Base of Anhui Province of China ; Humanities and Social Science Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China ; Social Science Foundation of Anhui Province of China ; Outstanding Scholar Project of Anhui Province of China ; Key Project of the Social Science Foundation of Anhui Province of China ; 2019 Major Project of the Social Science Foundation of Anhui Province of China
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/161964]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Chien-ping Chen; Li Yu-heng
作者单位	1.Anhui Univ Finance & Econ, Res Ctr Hlth Econ, Bengbu 233000, Peoples R China 2.Univ Houston Victoria, Sch Business Adm, Sugar Land, TX 77449 USA 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 4.East China Normal Univ, Inst Global Innovat & Dev, Inst Ecochongming, Sch Urban & Reg Sci, Shanghai 200062, Peoples R China 5.Anhui Univ Finance & Econ, Sch Languages & Media, Bengbu 233000, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Qin Li-jian,Chien-ping Chen,Li Yu-heng,et al. The impact of the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme on the & ldquo;health poverty alleviation & rdquo; of rural households in China[J]. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE AGRICULTURE,2021,20(4):1068-1079.
APA	Qin Li-jian,Chien-ping Chen,Li Yu-heng,Sun Yan-ming,&Chen Hong.(2021).The impact of the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme on the & ldquo;health poverty alleviation & rdquo; of rural households in China.JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE AGRICULTURE,20(4),1068-1079.
MLA	Qin Li-jian,et al."The impact of the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme on the & ldquo;health poverty alleviation & rdquo; of rural households in China".JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE AGRICULTURE 20.4(2021):1068-1079.