The Impact of a Unified Urban and Rural Basic Medical Insurance System on the Multidimensional Relative Poverty of the Elderly Population:Empirical Analysis Based on Panel Data of CHALRS
Using panel data from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study(CHALRS)and the"A-F"double boundary method,we measured the multidimensional relative poverty status of the elderly population.The PSM-DID was used to empirically test the policy effect of a unified urban and rural basic medical insurance system on the multidimensional relative poverty of the elderly population.The result shows that a unified medical insurance system significantly suppresses multidimensional relative poverty among the elderly population,and has a more significant poverty reduction effect on the"self-rated unhealthy"older adults.A mechanism analysis through an intermediary effect model shows that a unified system has suppressed the occurrence of multidimensional relative poverty among older people through intermediary channels such as"increasing income to reduce poverty"and"promoting health to reduce poverty".Countermeasures and suggestions are proposed:integrating medical insurance unification and poverty prevention;promoting urban-rural medical insurance unification on the basis of local conditions,and gradually improving the level of unification;improving the accessibility of medical services for older persons.
establish a unified urban and rural basic medical insurance systemmultidimensional relative povertyelderly population
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