北京市新型农村合作医疗农民受益情况

目的 调查北京市新型农村合作医疗(以下简称新农合)开展以来广大农民的受益程度.方法 一是计算参加新农合人员住院费用补偿比的变化情况;二是计算新农合对农民灾难性卫生支出的缓解情况.结果 农民参加新农合人员住院费用补偿比从2004年的32.4%逐年提高到2007年的45.4%.抽样调查的样本区县调查数据显示新农合对农民灾难性卫生支出的缓解率有了明显的提高.结论 在近年医疗费用、农民的收入水平、农民医疗服务需求都有明显提高的条件下,新农合仍能明显降低农民灾难性卫生支出的发生,而且其作用强度不断提高,充分说明新农合筹资增加的程度大大超过了医疗费用和农民医疗服务需求的上涨速度,新农合发挥缓解农民因病致贫的作用在不断增强.

Peasants as beneficiaries of the new rural cooperative medical system (NRCM) in Beijing

Objective To find out whether the benefits entitled to peasants have increased since NRCM is in place in Beijing, and to analyze the extent of such benefit increase if any. Methods The first is to calculate changes to the reimbursement ratio of hospitalization charges for the peasants covered by NRCM; the second is to calculate the role played by NRCM for alleviating the catastrophic health expenditure of peasants. Results The reimbursement ratio of hospitalization charges for peasants covered by NRCM rose from 32.4% in 2004 to 45.4% in 2007. Survey data from districts and counties in the sampling test indicate that NRCM has gained an ever growing power in alleviating the catastrophic expenditure of peasants. Conclusion Recent years have witnessed a marked growth in medical charges, peasants' income, and peasants' demand for medical services. Against such a background, NRCM can still sharply downsize their catastrophic health expenditure, and its role keeps intensifying. This proves that the fund raising speed of NRCM has greatly outpaced the growth of medical charges and peasants' demand for medical services, and NRCM is playing a more effective role in alleviating the peasants from poverty caused by diseases.