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Objective:To explore the impact of childcare burden on satisfaction level of the elderly medical demand in family,in order to provide the basis for policy making to realize healthy aging.Methods:Based on CFPS(China family panel studies) data,using OLS and quantile regression to conduct quantitatively study on the impact of children's dependency ratio on medical expenses for the elderly.Results:The estimates of children's dependency ratio's coefficients were significantly negative,while their absolute values presented a tendency of increasing with the increase of quantile.It showed that the crowding-out effect of childcare burden on medical expenses for the elderly was in existence.The higher medical expensed,the stronger the crowding-out effected.Conclusion:Childcare burden impacted the satisfaction level of the elderly medical demand,especially for the elderly often sick or suffering from a serious illness,whose medical demand would be even greater.
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Objective: To study the effect and contribution of health investment to economic growth as well as the regional differences among eastern, central and western China. Methods: Based on the provincial panel data from 1997 to 2010, fixed effects model was established to empirically analyze the relationship between health investment and economic growth. Results: Health Investment has significant in promoting economic growth, while significant regional differences still exist, showing the decreasing order of eastern、 central and western China. Conclusion:While strengthening the regional medical health level of investment, it is needed to give preferential policies to the backward central and western regions, so that the differences between regional economic growth and physical condition of residents can be reduced while realizing health investment stimulating economic growth.