Chronic disease is a kind of health shock that most people cannot avoid, which will increase households' medical expenditure and probably decrease other consumptions. Health insurance is a formal mechanism against health shocks. Theoretically, the integration policy of rural and urban residents...

Examining the impact of basic medical insurance integration on households’ welfare is essential for finding policy solutions for health and welfare inequality. Based on the various implementation time of the urban-rural medical insurance integration in different prefectural cities of China, we...