Table 2.
Health insurance and health workforce before and after China’s health system reform
| 2008 | 2013 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | Total | Urban | Rural | Total | |
| Health insurance | ||||||
| health insurance coverage (%) | 66.20 | 91.90 | 87.10 | 91.60 | 97.30 | 95.20 |
| ARR at PHC institutions, Mean ± SD |
0.52 (0.34, 0.71) |
0.47 (0.25, 0.69) |
0.48 (0.26, 0.71) |
0.64 (0.41, 0.86) |
0.66 (0.44, 0.89) |
0.64 (0.42, 0.86) |
| ARR at county hospitals, Mean ± SD |
0.45 (0.34, 0.56) |
0.35 (0.24, 0.46) |
0.40 (0.27, 0.53) |
0.58 (0.49, 0.67) |
0.48 (0.40, 0.55) |
0.52 (0.44, 0.60) |
| ARR at higher level hospitals, Mean ± SD |
0.45 (0.27, 0.63) |
– |
0.45 (0.27, 0.63) |
0.57 (0.41, 0.74) |
– |
0.57 (0.41, 0.75) |
| Health workforce | ||||||
| Physicians density at PHCs, Mean ± SD |
0.46 (0.42–0.50) |
0.39 (0.35–0.43) |
0.41 (0.36–0.46) |
0.56 (0.51–0.61) |
0.37 (0.34–0.40) |
0.44 (0.40–0.48) |
| Physicians density at county hospitals, Mean ± SD |
1.96 (1.89–2.03) |
0.55 (0.51–0.59) |
0.74 (0.68–0.80) |
2.62 (2.49–2.75) |
0.80 (0.76–0.84) |
1.47 (1.43–1.51) |
| Physicians density at higher level hospitals, Mean ± SD |
3.68 (2.56, 4.80) |
– |
3.68 (2.56, 4.80) |
4.89 (3.25, 6.53) |
– |
4.89 (3.25, 6.53) |
| N | 35 | 59 | 94 | 78 | 78 | 156 |