Multimorbidity and catastrophic health expenditure: Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study

• Published in: Frontiers in public health Vol. 10; p. 1043189
• Main Authors: Li, Haofei, Chang, Enxue, Zheng, Wanji, Liu, Bo, Xu, Juan, Gu, Wen, Zhou, Lan, Li, Jinmei, Liu, Chaojie, Yu, Hongjuan, Huang, Weidong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 26.10.2022
• Subjects: catastrophic health expenditure; Catastrophic Illness - epidemiology; China; China - epidemiology; Chronic Disease; economic burden; elderly; Female; Health Expenditures; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Multimorbidity; Public Health; Retirement; China; multimorbidity; China; elderly; catastrophic health expenditure; economic burden

Population aging accompanied by multimorbidity imposes a great burden on households and the healthcare system. This study aimed to determine the incidence and determinants of catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) in the households of old people with multimorbidity in China. Data were obtained from t...