Author(s)

Shuyi Bu ¹, Qi Li ², Chuting He ², Qingfeng Bu ²

Affiliation(s)

¹ Yangpu Senior High School, Shanghai, China
² School of Medical Instruments, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health, Shanghai, China

Corresponding Author

Shuyi Bu

ABSTRACT

Nowadays, the social environment is complicated, and the mental health of middle-aged and older non-farm employed people aged 45 and above fluctuates due to various factors. In order to realize the health of all people, we should pay attention to and understand the mental health problems of the middle-aged and elderly non-farm employed people nowadays, so as to improve the medical insurance policy and promote the high-quality development of health care in China. Based on CHARLS data, this article empirically analyzes the effect of medical insurance on the mental health of middle-aged and older non-farm employed people, using mental depression as the explanatory variable. The study found that: i. Medical insurance significantly suppressed the level of mental depression and promoted mental health in middle-aged and elderly non-farm employed population. ii. Medicare had significant population differences in the alleviating effect of mental depression on residents.

KEYWORDS

Medical insurance, Middle-aged and elderly, Non-Farm Employed, Mental Health

CITE THIS PAPER

Shuyi Bu, Qi Li, Chuting He, Qingfeng Bu, The Effect of Medical Insurance on the Mental Health of Middle-aged and Older Non-farm Employed People—Empirical Study Based on CHARLS Data. Applied & Educational Psychology (2023) Vol. 4: 46-55. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/appep.2023.040108.

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