Abstract
Background People's view of value medical care has taken on a great change, and then transferred to medical treatment behaviors and medical decision-making.Methods Based on the data of the Chinese Health Service Survey and the CLHLS survey database, this paper empirically tests the impact of traditional culture and policy protection on value medical care from the perspective of disease occurrence and the laws of life course.Results The results show that cultural traditions have a greater impact on the medical values of urban residents than that of rural residents, and the income level has significantly increased the level of medical expenditures one month before the end of life. Borne by the spouse or children living together or subsidized by the state or collective, the elderly who have no money to pay for the medical consumption will have a significantly lower medical expenses in the month before death. Conclusions Based on this, the article explores the importance of constructing effective health management policies and medical consumption guidance from two aspects of health value concept and value medical treatment, in order to promote people to form better medical consumption habits and health management concepts .Highlights1.In the course of illness, there are more patients who seek medical treatment in the early stages of the disease, but at the end of life there is excessive consumption of medical resources.2.The medical consumption habits in a country ’s traditional culture will affect the current decision-making for medical treatment. At the same time, medical insurance policies and public health policies will also have a greater impact on their behavior, but the formation of a valued medical concept may be more affected by traditional culture. .3.Through the research on the impact of disease occurrence law and life course law on the formation of value medical concept, it provides reliable support for promoting multi-level medical insurance system and improving the protection of basic public health policies. Policy intervention needs to combine the medical habits under the traditional culture and implement it to the supply of primary health services, guide medical consumption behavior through protection policies, control medical consumption, and enhance the value of medical consumption.
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