School of Finance and Collaborative Innovation Center of Scientific Finance & Industry, Guangdong University of Finance & Economics, Guangzhou 510320, China.
Guangzhou International Institute of Finance, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510405, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Jan 22;17(3):713. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17030713.
We used an individual regression and panel data regression method to analyze the samples of 60 countries from 2000 to 2016 to study the impact of the economic recession on residents' out-of-pocket payment willingness for health care. Although we found an increase in the willingness during the economic recession in most countries, we couldn't find significant evidence of a positive relationship between the economic recession and such willingness. We discovered that the relationship differentiates in different countries, which mainly depends on the differences in the medical systems and degree of economic development. By controlling individual differences in countries, we found that the economic recession inhibited the out-of-pocket payment willingness for health care. Especially after the impact of the financial crisis in 2008, the cumulative effect of the economic recession and the aftershock of financial crisis was discovered, which significantly inhibited residents' willingness. In addition, we verified that the economic recession inhibited the out-of-pocket payment willingness by reducing employee compensation in specific types of countries.
我们使用个体回归和面板数据回归方法分析了 2000 年至 2016 年 60 个国家的样本，研究了经济衰退对居民医疗自费意愿的影响。虽然我们发现大多数国家在经济衰退期间，居民的自费意愿有所增加，但没有发现经济衰退与这种意愿之间存在正相关关系的显著证据。我们发现这种关系在不同国家存在差异，主要取决于医疗体系和经济发展程度的差异。通过控制国家的个体差异，我们发现经济衰退抑制了居民的医疗自费意愿。特别是在 2008 年金融危机的影响之后，我们发现经济衰退和金融危机的余波的累积效应显著抑制了居民的意愿。此外，我们验证了经济衰退通过降低特定类型国家的员工薪酬来抑制居民的自费意愿。
