Coverage of basic medical insurance and its influencing factors among urban residents in Ningxia

Objective To investigate the coverage and influencing factors of basic medical insurance system among urban residents in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. MethodsA survey was conducted with a self-designed questionnaire among the urban residents selected with stratified random sampling from communities in three municipalities of Ningxia. ResultsTotally 5 385 (87.3%) residents participated the basic medical insurance among 6 104 residents to be covered by the basic medical insurance system.The unconditional logistic regression analyses showed that age,ethnicity,education,marital status,employment status,self-rated health status,and income had significant influence on the coverage rate among the residents. ConclusionThe coverage rate of the basic medical insurance did not meet the goal of 90% in 2009 and measures should be taken to increase the coverage rate.