Urban-rural Income Gap, Health Level And Family Health Care Consumptio

In the 1960 s,human capital was studied as an essential factor of economic production,and health had a significant impact on economic development and social well-being.Therefore,the report of the 20 th National Congress of the Communist Party of China puts forward the strategy of Promoting the construction of a healthy China.The construction of a healthy China focuses on people’s well-being and is of great strategic significance to the country’s sustainable economic development.At the same time,in order to keep healthy,reduce illness and prolong life,people begin to pay attention to health care consumption gradually,and the scale of preventive consumption increases,health care consumption in household consumption is the key to realize health in China in the long run and has been widely concerned.However,the consumer theory shows that income is an important factor to restrict consumption,so the differences of income,health level and health care consumption are especially obvious in the social background of urban-rural dual structure in our country.Under the background of the urban-rural income difference and the imbalance of health level,how do they affect the health care consumption of urban and rural residents.After combing relevant literature and theories,this paper uses China Family Panel Studies(CFPS)data from 2016-2018 and China Statistical Yearbook data.A descriptive analysis of the household income gap between urban and rural areas,health level differences,health care consumption differences,The main conclusions are as follows:(1)The income gap between urban and rural areas has a negative impact on family health care consumption.The willingness of residents to consume health care will decrease by 12.31% when the income gap between urban and rural areas increases by one unit,the amount spent on health care will be reduced by 29.35 yuan.(2)Health level has a negative effect on family health care consumption.When health level increases by one unit,the residents’ health care consumption will decrease by 9.98%and the residents’ health care consumption amount will decrease by 17.25 yuan.(3)The consumption of family health care is different between urban and rural areas,and the consumption of health care in rural areas is low.Among the groups with health care consumption,the impact coefficient of urban-rural income gap on rural health care consumption is-0.3891,the impact coefficient of urban health care consumption is-0.2071,and the impact coefficient of health level on rural health care consumption is-0.2176,the impact coefficient on urban health care consumption is-0.1932,and the level of rural health care consumption is restrained.The Order of health care consumption level is the eastern region,the central region,the northeastern region and the western region.(4)Income gap between urban and rural areas and health level have lagged effects on family health care consumption.For every unit increase in income gap in the previous period,the current health level would decrease by 0.08 units,for every unit increase in income gap between urban and rural areas in the previous period,the current health care consumption will decrease by 0.51 units,when health level increased by one unit in the previous period,People’s willingness to consume health care decreased by 14.39 units.Finally,based on the theoretical analysis and empirical test,the following suggestions are put forward:(1)We will continue to increase the strength of policies in rural areas and improve infrastructure services for both software and hardware.(2)We will vigorously develop health care services to maximize the health needs of rural residents.(3)We will continue to raise the income level of rural residents,improve the ability to consume health care.