人口老龄化对医疗保健消费支出影响的城乡差异研究

Analysis on the Urban-Rural Difference Impact of Aging on Health Care Expenditure

目的:研究人口老龄化对医疗保健消费支出影响的城乡差异。方法:利用2002—2011年全国31个省市区的面板数据,建立城镇和农村的固定效应模型,进行城乡对比分析。结果:对城镇和农村,人口老龄化对医疗保健消费支出的影响存在显著差异,估计的系数分别是0.13和0.48。结论:在人口老龄化不断提升的背景下,我国应着重加强农村医疗保障体系建设,增加农村医疗的财政扶持和资源配置。

Objective： To study the urban and rural difference impacts of aging on health care expenditure. Methods： Using 2002-2011 panel data of 31 provinces throughout the country to build fixed effect models for the urban and rural areas and make comparative ana]ysis. Results： For urban and rural areas, there are significant differences in the impact of aging on health care expenditure, the estimated coefficients are 0.13 and 0.48 respectively. Conclusion： Under the background of the aging process, it needs to strengthen the construction of rural medical insurance system in China, increase financial support and rural health resource allocation.