重特大疾病医疗救助因病致贫对象界定的理论与方法探析

重特大疾病医疗救助对象界定关乎医疗救助的公平性和精准性,然而我国重特大疾病因病致贫对象界定仍缺乏理论和方法依据。重特大疾病相对费用理论考虑了家庭支付能力,同时灾难性和致贫性卫生支出测量方法不仅反映了家庭疾病经济负担和贫困状态,而且能够反映救助对象的因病致贫广度和深度。因此,基于重特大疾病相对费用理论及其测量方法的因病致贫对象界定思路能够支持我国重特大疾病因病致贫对象的界定。

The definition theories and methods on poverty population of catastrophic diseases medical assistance systems

The poverty population definition for medical assistance is related to fairness and precision, but still lack theory and method in practice. The catastrophic and impoverishment health expenditure methods based on relative costs theory consider the ability to pay of family, which reflect the economic burden and poverty status of families. Meanwhile, they reflect the breadth and depth of poverty. Therefore, catastrophic diseases relative costs theory and methods could support the definition of poverty population.