The Impact of Internet Accessibility on Health Expenditure under the Goal of Common Prosperity
Based on the matching and classification processing of adult and household data in CFPS database,the two-part model and propensity score matching were used to study the impact of Internet accessibility on the absolute and relative amount of health expenditure,and to explore the blocking effect of Internet accessibility on the potential risk of returning to poverty due to ill-ness in the process of common prosperity.The study found that although Internet access led to an increase in the absolute amount of health expenditure,it also significantly reduced the incidence of catastrophic health expenditure,and had a certain blocking effect on the potential risk of retur-ning to poverty due to illness.Heterogeneity analysis shows that the frequency of Internet use has a greater impact on the health expenditure of rural residents and low-income groups.In view of this,policies such as strengthening Internet infrastructure should be adopted to guide rural residents and low-income groups to make more effective use of medical resources and block their potential risk of returning to poverty due to illness.
internet accessibilitycatastrophic health expenditurepropensity score matching
万方数据
维普
