2014
Effects of NCMS on Access to Care and Financial Protection in China
Publication
Publication
Health Economics , Volume 23 - Issue 8 p. 917- 934
Abstract
The introduction of the New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) in rural China has
been the most rapid and dramatic extension of health insurance coverage in the
developing world in this millennium. The literature to date has mainly used the
uneven rollout of NCMS across counties as a way of identifying its effects on
access to care and financial protection. This study exploits the cross-county
variation in NCMS generosity in 2006 and 2008 in the Ningxia and Shandong
provinces to estimate the effect of coverage generosity on utilization and
financial protection. Our results confirm earlier findings of NCMS being
effective in increasing access to care but not in increasing financial
protection. In addition, we find NCMS enrollees to be sensitive to the price
incentives set in the NCMS design when choosing their provider and providers to
respond by increasing prices and/or providing more expensive care.
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doi.org/10.1002/hec.2965, hdl.handle.net/1765/50347 | |
Health Economics | |
Organisation | Erasmus School of Economics |
Van de Poel, E., van Doorslaer, E., Hou, Z., Yua, B., & Meng, Q. (2014). Effects of NCMS on Access to Care and Financial Protection in China. Health Economics, 23(8), 917–934. doi:10.1002/hec.2965 |