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How heavy is the medical expense burden among the older adults and what are the contributing factors? A literature review and problem-based analysis

In recent years, the aging population and increasing medical expenses among the older adults have emerged as significant public health concerns. National governments must conduct medical expense accounting and implement measures to reduce the burden of medical costs on the older population. However,...

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Autores principales: Chen, Jie, Zhao, Meizhen, Zhou, Renyi, Ou, Wenjing, Yao, Pin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10313336/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37397714
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1165381
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description In recent years, the aging population and increasing medical expenses among the older adults have emerged as significant public health concerns. National governments must conduct medical expense accounting and implement measures to reduce the burden of medical costs on the older population. However, limited studies have focused on total medical expenditure from a macro perspective, with many researches exploring individual medical expenses from different perspectives. This review introduces the trend of population aging and its impact on health cost change, reviews research on the medical expense burden of the older population and contributing factors, and points out underlying problems and limitations of current studies. Based on the present studies, the review emphasizes the necessity of medical expense accounting and analyzes the medical expense burden of the older population. Future studies should explore the impacts of medical insurance funds and health service system reforms on reducing medical expenses and developing a supporting medical insurance reform plan.
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spelling pubmed-103133362023-07-01 How heavy is the medical expense burden among the older adults and what are the contributing factors? A literature review and problem-based analysis Chen, Jie Zhao, Meizhen Zhou, Renyi Ou, Wenjing Yao, Pin Front Public Health Public Health In recent years, the aging population and increasing medical expenses among the older adults have emerged as significant public health concerns. National governments must conduct medical expense accounting and implement measures to reduce the burden of medical costs on the older population. However, limited studies have focused on total medical expenditure from a macro perspective, with many researches exploring individual medical expenses from different perspectives. This review introduces the trend of population aging and its impact on health cost change, reviews research on the medical expense burden of the older population and contributing factors, and points out underlying problems and limitations of current studies. Based on the present studies, the review emphasizes the necessity of medical expense accounting and analyzes the medical expense burden of the older population. Future studies should explore the impacts of medical insurance funds and health service system reforms on reducing medical expenses and developing a supporting medical insurance reform plan. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-06-16 /pmc/articles/PMC10313336/ /pubmed/37397714 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1165381 Text en Copyright © 2023 Chen, Zhao, Zhou, Ou and Yao. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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How heavy is the medical expense burden among the older adults and what are the contributing factors? A literature review and problem-based analysis
title How heavy is the medical expense burden among the older adults and what are the contributing factors? A literature review and problem-based analysis
title_full How heavy is the medical expense burden among the older adults and what are the contributing factors? A literature review and problem-based analysis
title_fullStr How heavy is the medical expense burden among the older adults and what are the contributing factors? A literature review and problem-based analysis
title_full_unstemmed How heavy is the medical expense burden among the older adults and what are the contributing factors? A literature review and problem-based analysis
title_short How heavy is the medical expense burden among the older adults and what are the contributing factors? A literature review and problem-based analysis
title_sort how heavy is the medical expense burden among the older adults and what are the contributing factors? a literature review and problem-based analysis
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10313336/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37397714
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1165381
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