Study On Effect Of Qigong Exercise On The Elder Medical Expenses

As we all know, physical exercise has great effect on the senior citizens’ health. And the Body-building Qigong, which is created under the leadership of General Administration of Sport of China, considering the characteristic of the old people’s body and the exercise need of every organ, has outstanding effect on people’s health. The article uses the method of document literature,questionnaire survey,expert interview and mathematical statistics on the research of the basic information and the variation of hospitalization costs before and after the Qigong exercise of the participators from Jinan community and come to the following conclusions. And the current situation and the improvement advices are also given to serve the better development of Body-building Qigong and to guide the build of the“healthy aging society”and improve the old people’s living standard.The conclusions are as followings:Firstly, the overall launching situation of the Body-building Qigong in Jinan City is not quite good. Most participators are senior citizens of the age 60-90, and more females than males, mostly the retirees. People know some functions of the Body-building Qigong, but not comprehensive enough. And the main goal of the practice is body building. Secondly, the Body-building Qigong has obvious effect on the times of treatment of a variety of chronic diseases and the average medical expense of the participators. Effect on the disease of senile pain, disease of respiratory system, hypertension and coronary heart disease is especially outstanding; It also do a lot good to the participators’ sleep, appetite, mentality, capacity for action and disease resistance. Thirdly, the Body-building Qigong is part of the tradition Qigong regimen. If we can deeply dig the good ways of disease prevention and rehabilitate from the tradition Qigong, it will certainly lower the disease incident of the participants, and improve the physical and psychological health situation, reduce the hospitalization costs of citizens and the society, and then promote the harmony and stability of the community and the whole society.The advices are as follows:First, we should increase the publicity, tell people the function of the Body-building Qigong and also the methods of practice. Broadcast the related theory and practice research results, let the people know the scientificity and effectiveness of Body-building Qigong, and form a good atmosphere of the participation. Second, we should increase the financial investment, find more way to get the fund, combine the efforts of the society from all walks of life to improve the practicing environment and attract more people to join the Body-building Qigong exercise. The last advice is to pay more attention to the train of the social sports instructor, cooperate with colleges and sports agencies to train large batch of professionals. At the same time, we can found the association of Body-building Qigong, make the exercise activities more systematical and attract more people into it.