Health Care Utilization and Health Status of NCMS Elderly Enrollees in China: Evidence from CHARLS Data
By Amy Li and Pengpeng Wang This study explores the effect of benefit designs and demographic factors on health care utilization and health status of elderly rural enrollees in the New Cooperative Medical Scheme, a rural health insurance program implemented by the Chinese government in 2003. Using the new data from CHARLS pilot study, we […]
Possibility of Cost Offset in Expanding Health Insurance Coverage: Using Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 2008
By Catherine Moon The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act aims to substantially reduce the number of the uninsured over time and asserts that the financial burden of extending insurance coverage to the previously uninsured will be offset by the benefit of the attendant improvement in their health. Motivated by this policy, I explore whether […]
