Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/282495 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 10807
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
health inequality
self-assessed health
health insurance coverage
social determinants of health
JEL: 
D63
I18
I30
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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