ArticleFrontiers in public health2023
The association between chronic disease and depression in middle-aged and elderly people: The moderating effect of health insurance and health service quality.
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Abstract
Background: Depression in chronic disease patients was an important public health problem. However, limited work has been done on how to alleviate the depression of chronic disease patients. This paper attempted to explore the alleviating effect of health insurance and health service quality. Methods: A total of 11,500 middle-aged and elderly people were drawn from four waves (2011, 2013, 2015, and 2018) of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). We analyzed the effect of chronic disease on depression in middle-aged and elderly people in China, and explored the mechanism of action from health insurance and health service quality. Results: After adjusting for sociodemographic factors, any chronic disease (coefficient 1.471, Conclusions: Chronic disease and multiple chronic diseases were important determinants of depression in middle-aged and elderly people. Health insurance and health service quality were the key factors in relieving the depression of chronic disease patients. Several strategies were urgently needed: paying attention to the mental health of chronic disease patients, increasing the participation rate of health insurance, further improving the quality of health service, and alleviating the psychological harm caused by chronic disease.
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