Does the Medical Insurance System Play a Real Role in Reducing Catastrophic Economic Burden in Elderly Patients with Cardiovascular Disease in China? Implication for Accurately Targeting Vulnerable Characteristics.
Abstract:Background: The vulnerability of cardiovascular disease (CVD) patients’ health abilities, combined with the severity of the disease and the overlapping risk factors, can cause such people to bear the economic burden of the disease due to the use of medical services.We estimated the economic burden of patients with CVD,and identified the weak link in the design of the medical insurance.Methods: Data from 5,610 middle-aged and elderly with CVD were drawn from the 2015 wave of China Health and Retirement Longitud… Show more
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