TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Costa-Font, Joan
AU  - Cowell, Frank A.
AU  - Shi, Xuezhu
        TI  - Health Inequality and Health Insurance Coverage: The United States and China Compared
        PY  - 2023/Nov/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 16629
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp16629
        AB  - We study inequality in the distribution of self-assessed health (SAH) in the United States and China, two large countries that have expanded their insurance provisions in recent decades, but that lack universal coverage and differ in other social determinants of health. Using comparable health survey data from China and the United States, we compare health inequality trends throughout the period covering the public health insurance coverage expansions in the two countries. We find that whether SAH inequality is greater in the US or in China depends on the concept of status and the inequality-sensitivity parameter used; however, the regional pattern of SAH inequality is clearly associated with health-insurance coverage expansions in the US but not significant in China.
        KW  - health insurance coverage
KW  - self-assessed health
KW  - health inequality
KW  - social determinants of health
        ER  -