The impact of long-term care insurance on household expenditures of the elderly: Evidence from China.
This study aims to investigate the impact of China's long-term care insurance (LTCI) pilot on household expenditures of the elderly. Utilizing the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) 2015-2020 three-period longitudinal panel data, we examine the policy effects of LTCI using...
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| description | This study aims to investigate the impact of China's long-term care insurance (LTCI) pilot on household expenditures of the elderly. Utilizing the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) 2015-2020 three-period longitudinal panel data, we examine the policy effects of LTCI using the Differences-in-Differences (DID) approach. The results indicate that the implementation of LTCI significantly reduces medical (p<0.05) and healthcare expenditures (p<0.05) for elderly households, while substantially increasing non-medical healthcare expenditures (p<0.01) and total expenditures (p<0.01). This effect is more pronounced for older households in rural areas or with lower levels of education. Furthermore, the improvement in household expenditures is strongly associated with the health status of the elderly and intergenerational economic support. These findings provide empirical evidence that LTCI enhances household expenditures and the quality of life for the elderly, which is crucial for the development of LTCI in China and other middle-income developing countries. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ba2b1d20d9924992987a56cb02a6af802025-08-20T02:25:11ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032025-01-01204e031675810.1371/journal.pone.0316758The impact of long-term care insurance on household expenditures of the elderly: Evidence from China.Tianshu ZhangZeping HuKaiyue ZhangXinran LiThis study aims to investigate the impact of China's long-term care insurance (LTCI) pilot on household expenditures of the elderly. Utilizing the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) 2015-2020 three-period longitudinal panel data, we examine the policy effects of LTCI using the Differences-in-Differences (DID) approach. The results indicate that the implementation of LTCI significantly reduces medical (p<0.05) and healthcare expenditures (p<0.05) for elderly households, while substantially increasing non-medical healthcare expenditures (p<0.01) and total expenditures (p<0.01). This effect is more pronounced for older households in rural areas or with lower levels of education. Furthermore, the improvement in household expenditures is strongly associated with the health status of the elderly and intergenerational economic support. These findings provide empirical evidence that LTCI enhances household expenditures and the quality of life for the elderly, which is crucial for the development of LTCI in China and other middle-income developing countries.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0316758 |
| spellingShingle | Tianshu Zhang Zeping Hu Kaiyue Zhang Xinran Li The impact of long-term care insurance on household expenditures of the elderly: Evidence from China. PLoS ONE |
| title | The impact of long-term care insurance on household expenditures of the elderly: Evidence from China. |
| title_full | The impact of long-term care insurance on household expenditures of the elderly: Evidence from China. |
| title_fullStr | The impact of long-term care insurance on household expenditures of the elderly: Evidence from China. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of long-term care insurance on household expenditures of the elderly: Evidence from China. |
| title_short | The impact of long-term care insurance on household expenditures of the elderly: Evidence from China. |
| title_sort | impact of long term care insurance on household expenditures of the elderly evidence from china |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0316758 |
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