ArticleHealth care science2023
To what extent do disparities in economic development and healthcare availability explain between-province health inequalities among older people in China?
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Background: Uneven economic development has led to substantial health inequalities between Chinese provinces. The extent of, and factors underlying, between-province health inequalities have received little attention. Methods: Data from 15,278 respondents in Wave 2 (2013) of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) were used to investigate inequalities among people aged ≥50 years in five health outcomes between 27 Chinese province-level administrative units. After characterizing the between-province differences and the relevance of province effects, proportional change in variance between unadjusted and adjusted models was calculated to determine the percentage of between-province variance in health outcomes explained by province-level variables including measures of economic development and healthcare availability. Results: Although province effects explained <10% of overall variance in health outcomes, they underpinned large between-province inequalities among people aged ≥50 years. Gross Regional Product per capita was more important than doctor density in explaining between-province variance in health outcomes, particularly depression symptoms and instrumental activities of daily living impairment. Conclusion: Policy efforts, including more equal distribution of healthcare personnel, may be warranted to reduce between-province health inequalities.
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