Study On The Transmission Mechanism Of Social Economic Status To Old-age Health Inequality

According to the results of the fourth survey on the living conditions of the elderly in urban and rural areas in China,although the life expectancy of the elderly in China is continuously increasing,their health status has an inverse relationship with the extended life expectancy.As the elderly population continues to expand,if the majority of their increased life expectancy is unhealthy or diseased,it will continue to increase the demand for social medical and health services and the economic burden of illness.However,domestic and foreign scholars have researched that in this relatively disadvantaged group,there are still individual health differences caused by different socio-economic statuses,and socioeconomic status is the main factor affecting unequal health in the elderly.one.However,there is still a lack of theoretical explanation and test for its effect transmission mechanism and process.How does socioeconomic status affect the health of the elderly? Is there an intermediary mechanism? Is there any interaction between the mediation mechanisms? These have not been better explained.Exploring the intermediary mechanism from socioeconomic status to elderly health inequality will not only help to find countermeasures to alleviate the health inequality caused by socioeconomic status,and improve the health of the elderly.It can better provide an evaluation platform for policy makers,so that they can develop more targeted supply services and pension policies for the elderly.It has important practical significance for extending the healthy life of the elderly and improving the quality of life of the elderly.In view of this,this article uses a combination of theoretical and empirical,qualitative,and quantitative research methods to first verify the causal relationship between socioeconomic status and self-assessment of health in the elderly.Based on the tracking data of the 2016 Chinese Family Tracking Survey(CFPS),the concentration index algorithm proposed by Wagstaff et al.Was used to calculate and decompose the concentration index of the elderly’s health inequality,and conducted the research with other researchers Compare and further measure the health inequality of the elderly in China to describe the current status of health inequality in the elderly.Secondly,in order to explore the relationship between different intermediary mechanisms from socioeconomic status to unequal health in the elderly,the new intermediary test method by Wen Zhonglin and others was used to verify and analyze the intermediary mechanisms and their transmission paths in two dimensions.Furthermore,try to construct the interaction effect between different mediating effects,so as to further regulate the inequality of health in the elderly.Finally,combined with the relevant experience of foreign regions,it puts forward relevant countermeasures and suggestions for alleviating the inequality of elderly health.The study has shown that there are health inequality among the elderly in China,and the health inequality index is-6.78%.Compared with other countries,the level of elderly health inequality in China is not high,but there is still a certain gap compared with some high-welfare countries.Social support and lifestyle play a part of the mediating role in the impact of socioeconomic status on the health of the elderly.At the same time,there is an interaction effect between the two,thus regulating the self-assessed health of the elderly.Among them,the main effect of informal social support is more significant.Finally,according to the relevant experiences and cases of developed countries abroad,combined with China ’s actual situation,from improving China ’s old-age security system and balancing medical resources in various places;improving the social support system for the elderly,promoting the healthy lifestyle of the elderly;and strengthening subjective feelings for the elderly To pay attention to the concerns of the elderly of tomorrow,etc.to make suggestions on reducing the inequality of elderly health,so as to improve the health status and quality of life of the elderly population in China.