The association between health literacy and medical out-of-pocket expenses among residents in China.
Aim: To explore the association between health literacy and medical out-of-pocket (MOOP) expenses among Chinese residents based on the 2020 China Health Literacy Survey. Subjects and methods: Non-institutionalized residents aged 15–69 years were extracted from 31 provinces in China. Health literacy...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice (2198-1833) Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 621 - 630 |
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Apr2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=177623769&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 177623769 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 21981833 NENI jtl: Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice (2198-1833) issn: 21981833 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Apr2024 vid: 32 iid: 4 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 177623769 10.1007/s10389-022-01792-2 ppf: 621 ppct: 9 formats: tig: atl: The association between health literacy and medical out-of-pocket expenses among residents in China. aug: au: Li, Li Li, Yinghua Nie, Xueqiong Wang, Lanlan Zhang, Gang affil: Department of Monitoring and Evaluation, Chinese Center for Health Education, 12 Building, 1 Block, Anhuaxili, 100011, Beijing, Chaoyang District, China su: China Health literacy Medical care costs Research funding Descriptive statistics Surveys Statistics Data analysis software Economic aspects of diseases Regression analysis sug: subj: Health literacy Medical care costs China Research funding Descriptive statistics Surveys Statistics Data analysis software Economic aspects of diseases Regression analysis keyword: Health promotion Medical out-of-pocket expenses Public health Utilization of health service Health promotion Medical out-of-pocket expenses Public health Utilization of health service ab: Aim: To explore the association between health literacy and medical out-of-pocket (MOOP) expenses among Chinese residents based on the 2020 China Health Literacy Survey. Subjects and methods: Non-institutionalized residents aged 15–69 years were extracted from 31 provinces in China. Health literacy was assessed using the Chinese Health Literacy Scale. Results: A total of 49,967 respondents were included in this study. Compared to participants with adequate health literacy, participants with intermediate, basic, and below basic health literacy were likely to create more MOOP, the unadjusted coefficients being 224.294 (p < 0.05), 316.676 (p < 0.01), and 458.883 (p < 0.01) respectively. After adjusting for demographic characteristics and socio-economic elements, health literacy was significantly associated with MOOP (β = −4.970, SE = 2.470, p < 0.05). Of six dimensions of health literacy, five were associated with MOOP in unadjusted models (p < 0.001 or p < 0.01). However, in adjusted models, only infectious disease literacy (β = −52.347, SE = 17.853, p < 0.01) and medical care literacy (β = −29.603, SE = 10.620, p < 0.01) remained associated with MOOP. Conclusion: This study suggests that health literacy is significantly associated with medical expenditure. The adoption of disease prevention measures and the utilization of public health services are important elements. Improving health literacy should be give more importance in health promotion and public education for the general public. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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