International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology, 2023, 5(6); doi: 10.25236/IJFS.2023.050620.
Yi Zhang1, Xusheng Zhang2, Jiawei Dong3
1Labor and Social Security, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, Guangdong, China
2Humanity and Management College, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, Guangdong, China
3Humanity and Management College, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, Guangdong, China
This study aims to construct an index system for the coupling and coordination between medical insurance and residents' income in Guangdong Province. By employing a coupling coordination model, the degree of coupling and coordination between the two variables is calculated and analyzed. Based on the changing trend of the coupling and coordination degree, corresponding policy recommendations are proposed to promote the benign interaction and coordinated development between medical insurance and residents' income in Guangdong. Data on medical insurance and residents' income in Guangdong from 2015 to 2021 were collected and organized. The entropy weight method and coupling coordination model were used for empirical analysis.It was found that the system of medical insurance and residents' income in Guangdong was in a state of coordinated development and exhibited a fluctuating upward trend. The level of coordinated development between the two variables has been continuously improving. In 2020, the coupling and coordination degree decreased due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and related policies, but it rebounded in 2021. The improved level of coordinated development between basic medical insurance and residents' income in Guangdong Province can be attributed to the government's increased investment and reform efforts in healthcare guarantee systems, steady economic development, optimization of residents' income, and improved social awareness. Based on this, three suggestions are proposed: continue to improve the healthcare guarantee system to enhance the sustainability and fairness of medical insurance; promote high-quality economic development to facilitate residents' income growth and optimization of income distribution; strengthen the coordinated development between residents' income and medical insurance to form a virtuous cycle.
Guangdong, residents' income, medical insurance, coupling coordination degree
Yi Zhang, Xusheng Zhang, Jiawei Dong. Research on the Coupling and Coordination Degree between Basic Medical Insurance for Residents in Guangdong and Residents' Income Development. International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology (2023), Vol. 5, Issue 6: 125-136. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFS.2023.050620.
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