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Modeling Household Health Care Expenditure in Rural China


Yanyan Gao


Southeast University - School of Economics and Management

Gang Chen


Monash University - Centre for Health Economics

Shengwei Tu


National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) - Institute of Industrial and Technological Economics
June 2, 2011


Abstract:     
This paper investigates the determinants of household health care expenditures in rural China. The empirical results given by rural household data show that large families and old members tend to increase household health care expenditures, while households with the head experiencing village cadre will dramatically reduce the health care expenditures. Hospitalization and medical care insurance can release households’ demand for health care and result in remarkable higher health care expenditures.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 27

Keywords: health care, health expenditure, rural household, China

JEL Classification: I11, R22

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Date posted: June 3, 2011  

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Gao, Yanyan, Chen, Gang and Tu, Shengwei, Modeling Household Health Care Expenditure in Rural China (June 2, 2011). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1856954 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1856954

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Yanyan Gao (Contact Author)
Southeast University - School of Economics and Management ( email )
Building 17, Jinxianghe Road 33
Nanjing, Jiangsu 210008
China
Gang Chen
Monash University - Centre for Health Economics ( email )
Australia
Shengwei Tu
National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) - Institute of Industrial and Technological Economics
Beijing
China
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