published_or_final_version / Public Administration / Master / Master of Public Administration

In 2009 China launched an ambitious health care reform to ensure equal and affordable access to basic health care for all by 2020. The reform was not only a response to changing patterns of disease, rising health expenditures, and widening regional inequalities, but part of a wider strategy to improve the social security system covering residents in order to increase domestic consumption. Its success will be defined by the efficient use of funds in financing and delivering health care. Against this backdrop, this dissertation evaluates the importance of health insurance characteristics on measures of financial risk protection, household saving and consumption, and preference for health care providers. It uses an experimental design to study the effect of more generous outpatient coverage and a tiered reimbursement structure that sets rates higher at primary care facilities than tertiary hospitals. While middle income households benefitted most in terms of financial risk protection, poorer and sicker households increased utilization at primary care facilities and food consumption – two pathways by which health insurance can improve health outcomes. This suggests that as outpatient coverage improves those most vulnerable will increase their access to health care, where there was previous underutilization, but not necessarily see an improvement in financial risk protection. The increased cover would also offer greater protection for those already using healthcare, but on its own not necessarily change their utilization patterns or reduce household savings. Looking at the quality-price trade-off in choice of provider reveals that, while at lower levels of household consumption demand for outpatient care is elastic with respect to price, as living standards rise past subsistence, individuals begin to value other provider characteristics. Together, these findings highlight the importance of benefit design and quality improvements at lower levels of care to shift patterns of utilization and ensure health services are accessed cost-effectively.

published_or_final_version / Public Administration / Master / Master of Public Administration

published_or_final_version / Public Administration / Master / Master of Public Administration

University of Macau / Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences

University of Macau / Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences

Lam Lop Chi. / Thesis submitted in: August 2005. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 114-126). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgements --- p.I / Abstract in English --- p.II-IV / Abstract in Chinese --- p.V-VI / List of Abbreviations --- p.VII-IX / List of Figures --- p.X / List of Tables --- p.XI-XII / Table of Contents --- p.XIII-XV / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction / Chapter 1.1 --- Background --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Risk factors --- p.6 / Chapter 1.3 --- Overseas guidelines in CAD management --- p.11 / Chapter 1.4 --- Angioplasty in CAD intervention --- p.15 / Chapter 1.5 --- Prevention or Intervention? --- p.21 / Chapter 1.6 --- Economic impact on PCI --- p.24 / Chapter 1.7 --- Cost of illness --- p.28 / Chapter 1.8 --- Hypothesis --- p.30 / Chapter 1.9 --- Objectives --- p.30 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Cost of AMI Study / Chapter 2.1 --- Background --- p.31 / Chapter 2.2 --- Objective --- p.32 / Chapter 2.3 --- Method --- p.32 / Chapter 2.4 --- Results --- p.35 / Chapter 2.5 --- Discussion --- p.49 / Chapter 2.6 --- Study limitations --- p.58 / Chapter 2.7 --- Conclusions --- p.58 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Angina study / Chapter 3.1 --- Background --- p.60 / Chapter 3.2 --- Objective --- p.76 / Chapter 3.3 --- Hypothesis --- p.76 / Chapter 3.4 --- Method --- p.76 / Chapter 3.5 --- Results --- p.79 / Chapter 3.6 --- Discussion --- p.93 / Chapter 3.7 --- Study limitations --- p.101 / Chapter 3.8 --- Conclusions --- p.101 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Overall Discussion --- p.103 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Conclusions --- p.112 / References --- p.114 / Appendix --- p.127

Chan Siu-Wah. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 173-200). / Abstracts in English and Chinese; appendix in Chinese. / Table of Contents --- p.i / Abstract --- p.v / 論文摘要 --- p.ix / Acknowledgments --- p.xii / Table of Figures --- p.xiii / Table of Tables --- p.xvii / Chapter Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2. --- Literature Review --- p.3 / Chapter 2.1 --- Diabetes Mellitus (DM)： Overview --- p.3 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Diagnosis and Diagnostic Criteria --- p.4 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Classifications of Diabetes Mellitus --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus --- p.15 / Chapter 2.2 --- Diabetes Mellitus Complications： Overview --- p.25 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Microvascular Complications --- p.26 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Macrovascular Complications --- p.31 / Chapter 2.3 --- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus - A Rising Global Burden --- p.32 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus --- p.32 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Hong Kong --- p.36 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Mortality and Morbidity of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Hong Kong --- p.40 / Chapter 2.4 --- cost of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus - Under-explored Area in Hong Kong and Asia --- p.46 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- Cost of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in the USA --- p.48 / Chapter 2.4.2 --- Cost of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Europe --- p.57 / Chapter 2.4.3 --- Cost of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Asia-Pacific --- p.61 / Chapter 2.5 --- Hong Kong Healthcare System --- p.65 / Chapter 2.5.1 --- Hospital Authority in Hong Kong (Public Healthcare Sector) --- p.67 / Chapter 2.5.2 --- Hong Kong Healthcare Financing System --- p.73 / Chapter 2.6 --- New Emerging Drug Treatment for Type 2 DM in Hong Kong Chinese - Rosiglitazone --- p.77 / Chapter 2.6.1 --- Clinical Efficacy and Tolerability of Rosiglitazone --- p.77 / Chapter 2.6.2 --- Cost-effectiveness of Rosiglitazone --- p.78 / Chapter Chapter 3. --- Hypothesis and Objectives --- p.81 / Chapter 3.1 --- Cost of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Hong Kong Chinese --- p.81 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Hypothesis --- p.81 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Objectives --- p.81 / Chapter 3.2 --- Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Metformin + Rosiglitazone vs. Metformin + Glibenclamide for Type 2 DM Patient Whose Diabetes is not Adequately Controlled by Metformin Alone from a Payer's Perspective --- p.82 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Hypothesis --- p.82 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Objectives --- p.83 / Chapter Chapter 4. --- Cost of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Hong Kong Chinese --- p.84 / Chapter 4.1 --- Subjects and Methods --- p.84 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Subjects --- p.84 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Methods --- p.85 / Chapter 4.1.3 --- Validity and Reliability of the Chinese Questionnaire --- p.96 / Chapter 4.2 --- Results --- p.96 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Subjects' Characteristics --- p.96 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Comorbidity --- p.102 / Chapter 4.2.4 --- Complications --- p.102 / Chapter 4.2.5 --- Costs of Type 2 DM --- p.104 / Chapter 4.3 --- Discussions --- p.123 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Metformin + Rosiglitazone vs. Metformin + Glibenclamide for Type 2 DM Patient Whose Diabetes is not Adequately Controlled by Metformin Alone from a Payer's Perspective --- p.134 / Chapter 5.1 --- Methods --- p.134 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Model Overview --- p.134 / Chapter 5.1.2 --- "Success, Failure and Discontinuation Rates" --- p.138 / Chapter 5.1.3 --- Resources Use and Costs --- p.142 / Chapter 5.1.4 --- Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) --- p.148 / Chapter 5.1.5 --- Base Case Analysis --- p.149 / Chapter 5.1.6 --- Sensitivity Analyses --- p.149 / Chapter 5.2 --- Results --- p.150 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Base Case Model - CE Analysis: cost per controlled Type 2 DM patient --- p.150 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Sensitivity Analysis- CE Analysis: cost per controlled Type 2 DM patient --- p.151 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Base Case Model - CE Analysis: cost per EQ5D utility score --- p.154 / Chapter 5.2.4 --- Sensitivity Analysis- CE Analysis: cost per EQ5D utility score --- p.155 / Chapter 5.3 --- Discussions --- p.158 / Chapter Chapter 6. --- Conclusions --- p.163 / Appendix --- p.165 / References