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ArticleBMC public health2024

Enhancing pooling levels strengthens the risk resilience of healthcare insurance: a case study of basic medical insurance fund operations data in Gansu, China.

Feng Hu, Liu Heming, Cao Wenxuan, Wang Xuemei, Liang Qijun, Hu Xiaobin

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Feng HuInstitute of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, 730000, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
Liu HemingInstitute of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, 730000, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
Cao WenxuanInstitute of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, 730000, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
Wang XuemeiInstitute of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, 730000, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
Liang QijunGansu Provincial Medical Insurance Service Centre, 730000, Gansu, China.
Hu XiaobinInstitute of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, 730000, Lanzhou, Gansu, China. lzhuxb@126.com.
Lanzhou University · CNGansu Provincial Hospital · CN

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Abstract

backgroundIn China, enhancing the pooling levels of basic health insurance has consistently been regarded as a pivotal measure to promote the refinement of the healthcare insurance system. From 2020 to 2022, the widespread outbreak of COVID-19 posed new challenges to China's basic health insurance.

methodsThe research utilizes Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), Malmquist index assessment, and fixed-effects panel Tobit models to analyze panel data from 2020 to 2022, assessing the efficiency of basic health insurance in Gansu Province.

resultsFrom 2020 to 2022, the average overall efficiency of the municipal pooling of Basic Medical Insurance for Urban and Rural Residents was 0.941, demonstrating a stable trend with a modest increase. The efficiency frontier regions have expanded from 5 (35.71%) to 7 (50%). Operational efficiency exhibited a negative correlation with per capita hospitalization expenses and per capita fund balance but a positive correlation with per capita accumulated fund balance and reimbursement rates for hospitalized patients. In 2021, compared to 2020, the county-pooling Basic Medical Insurance for Urban Employees saw a decline of 0.126 in overall efficiency, reducing the efficiency frontier regions from 8 to 3. However, from 2021 to 2022, the municipal-coordinated Basic Medical Insurance for Urban Employees experienced a 0.069 increase in overall efficiency, with the efficiency frontier regions expanding from 3 to 5. Throughout 2020 to 2022, the operational efficiency of the Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance showed a consistent negative correlation with per capita fund balance.

conclusionFrom 2020 to 2022, the overall operational performance of basic health insurance in Gansu Province was satisfactory, and enhancing the pooling level is beneficial in addressing the impact of unforeseen events on the health insurance system.

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COVID-19Insurance, HealthChinaEfficiency, OrganizationalHumansRural PopulationBasic Medical InsuranceCOVID-19DEA modelEnhancing pooling levels

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