讲座题目：

The Impact of COVID-19 Outbreaks on Healthcare Accessibility: Evidence from China

主讲人：

王小倩，南开大学金融学院讲师。博士毕业于北京大学经济学院。研究领域为健康经济学，主要研究方向包括医疗保险和医药卫生体制改革。

点评人：

付明卫，中国社会科学院经济研究所副研究员，美国宾州州立大学访问学者。从事创新、医疗卫生和乡村治理方面的研究，在《经济研究》、《世界经济》和《金融研究》等刊物上发表多篇论文。主持国家社科基金项目，参与多项国务院办公厅、财政部、人社部和卫计委交办的课题，调研足迹到达北京、宿迁、三明、洛阳等20多个城市。

讲座时间：

2023年10月26日，12：00-13：30

讲座地点：

金融学院116教室

内容摘要：

With the world continuing to battle communicable diseases periodically, some pandemics led to health damage for both the infected and non-infected populations. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused millions of deaths worldwide. Part of the deaths were of non-COVID-19 patients who could not receive timely medical treatment. Using administrative data on medical-related requests to the government in a large city in China, this paper documents that the pandemic and the related containment measures have greatly affected healthcare accessibility. The daily number of requests related to healthcare accessibility increased by 133.2 percent and 39.1 percent during the first and second outbreaks, respectively. Cancer and cardiovascular diseases were the most affected diseases. Medications, surgical therapeutic interventions, and diagnostic interventions were the most affected services.