Utilizing a nationally representative panel data of middle-aged and elder individuals from China, we assess the health … that the negative impact of air pollution on female health is significant, particularly for females in the middle of the … health distribution. Notably, the implementation of environmental policies leads to health improvements in females and plays …

This paper identifies health determinants in urban China applying Grossman model. Using wave of China Health and … Nutrition Survey in 2000, we find that education has important positive effect on health, and cost of health care services has … important determinant of health. The body weight is also important, but unlike finding in developed countries, under …

Doing "more" in healthcare can be a major threat to the delivery of high-quality health care. This study used coarsened … exact matching to test the hypothesis of supplier-induced demand (SID) by comparing health care utilization and expenditures … affiliated with healthcare professionals. Our study also suggests that as the public becomes more informed, the demand of health …

depend heavily on their state of health. This study evaluates the effects of pensions on older adults' health service …, the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), we adopted a fuzzy regression discontinuity design and … undertook segmented regression analysis. Pension demonstrated heterogeneous effects on health service utilization by income. We …

efficiency of dementia care and management for dementia patients. Health policy and practices should consider geographic …Dementia leads public health issue worldwide. China has the largest population of adults living with dementia in the … world, imposing increasing burdens on the public health and healthcare systems. Despite improved access to health services …

.5) for all age cohorts in a developing country, using individual-level health spending data from a basic medical insurance … suggest that a 10 μg/m3 reduction in monthly average PM2.5 leads to a 2.36% decrease in the value of health spending and a 0 …

Retirement, a major transition in the life course, may affect many aspects of retirees' well-being, including health … and health care utilization. Leveraging differential statutory retirement age (SRA) by occupation for China's urban female … health at retirement. These findings suggest that occupational differences in mental illness and related health care …

health care expenditures among Chinese adults aged 18+. Employing a methodology combining a random effects two-part model and … (230 yuan) and other (113 yuan) health care expenditures, with more pronounced impacts among females and those living in … urban areas and Central and Western China. These results are robust not only to alternative EP and health care expenditure …