%0 Journal Article
%T Heterogeneous Impacts of Basic Social Health Insurance on Medical Expenditure: Evidence from China¡¯s New Cooperative Medical Scheme
%J Healthcare | An Open Access Journal from MDPI
%D 2019
%R https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare7040131
%X This paper examines the effects of China¡¯s New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) on medical expenditure. Utilizing the quasi-random rollout of the NCMS for a difference-in-difference analysis, we find that the NCMS increased medical expenditure by 12.3%. Most significantly, the good-health group witnessed a 22.1% rise in medical expenditure, and the high-income group saw a rise of 20.6%. The effects, however, were not significant among the poor-health or low-income groups. The findings are suggestive of the need for more help for the very poor and less healthy
%U https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/7/4/131