How and to what extent can pensions facilitate increased use of health services by older people: evidence from social pension expansion in rural China
Chen S, Chen X, Law S, Lucas H, Tang S, Long Q, Xue L, Wang Z. How and to what extent can pensions facilitate increased use of health services by older people: evidence from social pension expansion in rural China. BMC Health Services Research 2020, 20: 1008. PMID: 33148248, PMCID: PMC7640495, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-020-05831-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overChinaHealth ServicesHumansLongitudinal StudiesMiddle AgedPensionsRetirementConceptsHealth service utilizationService utilizationHealth servicesOlder peopleFrequency of outpatientInpatient service useHealthcare-seeking behaviorRetirement Longitudinal StudyProportion of peopleTraditional Chinese medicineHealthcare utilisationService useEconomic burdenInpatient servicesAge groupsAdditional economic burdenChina HealthOlder adultsChinese medicineMethodsUsing dataLongitudinal studyOutpatientsRegression analysisState of healthFuzzy regression discontinuity design