Study on the Elderly’s Economic Burden and Risks Due to Non-communicable Chronic Diseases / 中国卫生经济

ABSTRACT

Objective:To analyze different age group elderly’s financial burden and risk due to non-communicable chronic diseases (NCDs). Methods:Based on CHARLS baseline investigation data, disease economic burden, disease economic risk for family and disease relative risk are used to analyze the economic risk and economic burden of the different age groups of urban and rural NCDs elderly. Results: The diseases financial burdens of urban NCDs elderly are greater than rural; for diseases family risk and relative risk, NCDs elderly are greater than non-NCDs elderly, urban NCDs elderly are greater than rural, high-age group NCDs elderly are greater than low-age group NCDs elderly. Conclusion: It is needed to improve the NCDs elderly’s medical security ability with basic health insurance, especially to improve medical security ability of the high-age group for rural elderly.