Elderly residents' awareness, attitude and willingness-to-pay for elderly care medical institutions: An empirical analysis based on Chengdu / 中国卫生政策研究

ABSTRACT

Objective:To understand the elderly residents' awareness,attitude and willingness-to-pay for medical institutions which provide elderly care services in Chengdu.Methods:A questionnaire survey was conducted on 350 elderly residents who were selected randomly in Chengdu city.Results:In terms of awareness,the results show that the elderly residents' awareness of medical institutions which provide elderly care services is poor.Only a small proportion of them (19.40％) are aware of those medical institutions which provide elderly care service.However,after being provided with the relevant information,the aged people's willingness to live in medical institutions which provide elderly care services was relatively higher (56.72％).Most (79.70％) of the old people are willing to pay less than 2 000 yuan per month for the elderly services provided by the medical institutions.Age,preference of family supporting,and the awareness of medical institutions providing elderly care are the statistically significant determinants of old people's willingness to utilize the elderly care provided by medical institutions.Conclusion:More efforts should be made to improve the elderly people's awareness of the medical institutions providing elderly care.The financial access to the care should be strengthened by the government intervention.To satisfy diversified demands of elderly care,various types of services would be encouraged.