Household catastrophic health expenditure and depressive mood among Chinese adults, children, and adolescents: a population-based panel study
Our study indicated that CHE is common in Chinese families and may increase the risk of depressive mood for both adults and children/adolescents. These findings emphasize the need to focus on expanding health insurance coverage, as well as implementing family-based mental health resources and financial literacy programs to reduce the psychological impact of CHE across all age groups.
Authors
- Shuwen Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7867-908X)
- Kailu Fang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2808-2071)
- Yushi Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9206-0419)
- Jie Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5143-9425)
- Yu Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4958-3142)
- Luyan Zheng
Institutions
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University (CN)
- Zhejiang University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-04-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-025-06788-2
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Global Health Care Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.63
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Zhejiang University
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities