Study On The Impact Of Rural Population Aging On Medical And Health Care Consumption In Sichuan Province

With the rapid growth of the national economy,the medical level is also constantly improving,which has greatly improved China’s overall health status and increased life expectancy,so that the overall scale and proportion of China’s elderly population have continued to rise.At the beginning of this century,the number of people aged 65 and over was more than 90 million,accounting for 7.1% of the total number of people in the country,The seventh census data bulletin shows that the number has reached 190.63 million,accounting for 13.5%.The population aging situation is becoming more and more serious,and the aging phenomenon of urban-rural inversion is becoming more and more obvious.Sichuan Province has a large population and a wide range of rural areas.Aging is more prominent in the inversion of urban and rural areas.With the rapid growth of rural aging,The income level of residents has increased and their willingness to consume has strengthened.The consumption structure of rural residents also shows a trend from basic consumption to high-quality living standard.At the level of health,the consumption awareness is gradually scientific and rationalized.Therefore,the expenditure on medical and health care in rural areas,There is a significant increase,and the proportion of the elderly population in rural areas of Sichuan Province is large,so the elderly group contains great consumption potential.Based on this,starting from the aging of rural population,this paper studies its relationship with medical and health care consumption,and puts forward policy suggestions to deal with the severe reality of rural aging in Sichuan,tap the consumption potential of rural medical and health care market,and promote the prosperity and development of rural economy in Sichuan.Firstly,this paper defines the basic concepts of population aging and medical consumption and health care.On this basis,this paper sorts out the relevant studies of domestic and foreign scholars,and introduces the theories involved in this paper in detail.Then,it comprehensively analyzes the overall current situation of rural population aging and medical consumption and health care expenditure in Sichuan Province,and summarizes the influence mechanism between them.Then,based on OLS regression model and Grossman’s health demand theory,income level,education level and medical and health care consumption price are selected as the control factors of empirical analysis,and the empirical analysis is carried out based on time series.It is concluded that the rural elderly population coefficient in Sichuan Province is helpful to promote the growth of medical and health care consumption.Finally,according to the above theoretical research and empirical analysis results,In order to reasonably deal with the aging of rural population in Sichuan Province and tap the potential of rural medical and health care consumption market,so as to establish a new engine of rural economic growth,put forward to improve the level of rural medical and health care and meet the consumption needs of the senior citizens;Improve the income of rural families and the consumption ability of the senior citizens;Develop the rural elderly medical and health care industry and optimize the consumption structure of the senior citizens;Suggestions on increasing the popularization of rural health knowledge,guiding the consumption consciousness of the elderly to realize active aging and tap the consumption potential of rural medical and health care.