PU Shilu 1 , YAN Zhengming 1 , WANG Jinyou 2 , ZHANG Liwen 1 , WANG Meng 1
  • 1. Department of Health Economics, College of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China2. College of Economics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610051, China;
HIV/AIDS; New Cooperative Medical System; Consolidated fund
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Objective 　To investigate the influence of including HIV/AIDS patients on the consolidated fund under the New Cooperative Medical System （NCMS）.
Methods 　Designed questionnaires were used to investigate 24 HIV/AIDS patients and 1155 randomized sample of the population to compare their income, requirement for public health service, expenditure of medical care and to analyze the influence of including HIV/AIDS patients.
Results 　We found the income of HIV/AIDS patients was lower than healthy population in 2003 （722 vs. 2 162 RMB） ; but the requirement （outpatient：2 ：1, inpatient：5 ：1 ）and expenditure of medical care was higher in HIV/AIDS patients. Including HIV/ AIDS patients into NCMS would cause an adverse-effect on consolidated fund. When more than 293 HIV/AIDS patients were included, it would be beyond what the consolidated fund can afford.
Conclusions 　Including HIV/AIDS patients into NCMS can decrease the HIV/AIDS expenditure to some degree. But the government still needs to get involved to share risks and to establish an HIV/AIDS fund to cover that part which NCMS could not afford.

Citation： PU Shilu,YAN Zhengming,WANG Jinyou,ZHANG Liwen,WANG Meng. Analysis on the Influence of Including HIV/AIDS Patients on the Consolidated Fund Under the New Cooperative Medical System in the Countryside. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2005, 05(11): 829-832. doi: Copy