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Economic Analysis of Mental Health in China

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Authors:
  1. Xuezheng Qin

    1. School of Economics, Peking University, Beijing

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  2. Chee-Ruey Hsieh

    1. Independent Researcher, Taichung

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  • Analyzes the socioeconomic causes and consequences of mental health problems in China
  • Estimates the prevalence and disease burdens of depression and depressive symptoms in China
  • Evaluates the major hurdles of access to mental healthcare and the policy options

Part of the book series: Applied Economics and Policy Studies (AEPS)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Xuezheng Qin, Chee-Ruey Hsieh
    Pages 1-18

  3. The Prevalence of Depression and Depressive Symptoms Among Adults in China: Estimation Based on a National Household Survey

    • Xuezheng Qin, Chee-Ruey Hsieh
    Pages 19-44

  4. Depression Hurts, Depression Costs: The Medical Spending Attributable to Depression and Depressive Symptoms in China

    • Xuezheng Qin, Chee-Ruey Hsieh
    Pages 45-78

  5. The Hidden Costs of Mental Depression: Implications on Social Trust and Life Satisfaction

    • Xuezheng Qin, Chee-Ruey Hsieh
    Pages 79-112

  6. Relative Economic Status and the Mental Health Status Among Chinese Adults: Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study

    • Xuezheng Qin, Chee-Ruey Hsieh
    Pages 113-139

  7. Understanding and Addressing the Treatment Gap in Mental Healthcare: Economic Perspectives and Evidence from China

    • Xuezheng Qin, Chee-Ruey Hsieh
    Pages 141-165

  8. Correction to: Economic Analysis of Mental Health in China

    • Xuezheng Qin, Chee-Ruey Hsieh
    Pages C1-C1
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About this book

This book uses an economic approach to analyze the socioeconomic causes and consequences of mental health disorders in China, with a special focus on mental depression. Based on a nationally representative dataset, we first investigate the prevalence and distribution of depression and depressive symptoms among China’s adult population, and then use several econometric methods to estimate the multi-dimensional disease burden of the mental disorder, such as its direct medical costs, its indirect economic costs, and its hidden costs on social trust and life satisfaction. In addition, we specifically address the socioeconomic determinants of mental health by examining how the relative and absolute economic status may determine people’s mental depression. Lastly, we propose an analytical framework to evaluate the four major hurdles that cause the treatment gaps of mental health care, and discuss the policy options to overcome such hurdles and to address the unmet mental healthcare needs inChina and other developing countries. The book may facilitate our understanding on the complex determinants and implications of the rising prevalence of mental health disorders in developing countries like China. In addition to the students, teachers, and researchers in the fields of health economics and public health, the book may also be of interest to health policy makers and non-government agencies who are concerned with addressing the global mental healthcare challenges using economic policy tools.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Economics, Peking University, Beijing

    Xuezheng Qin

  • Independent Researcher, Taichung

    Chee-Ruey Hsieh

About the authors

Xuezheng Qin is a professor of economics at Peking University, where he serves as the deputy dean of the School of Economics and the Institute for Global Health and Development. His research interests include health economics, economics of human capital, and applied econometrics. Professor Qin’s research is funded by national and international agencies such as the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the International Development Research Center in Canada. He has published more


than 70 academic papers in peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Comparative Economics, Health Economics, and Health Policy and Planning. He is also the author of several books, including Applied Econometrics with Eviews and SAS Examples (2016), Migrant Workers in China’s New Health Insurance System (2017), and Intergenerational Human Capital Transmission and Its Impact on Economic Growth (2023). Professor Qin serves as an associate editor for China & World Economy,and a guest editor for several journals including China Economic Review, Inquiry, and Emerging Markets Finance and Trade. He was elected as the president of China Labor Economist Forum and a Distinguished Professor of Beijing Higher Education, and has gained other recognitions for his research and teaching.


Chee-Ruey Hsieh is a retired scholar and now serves as an independent researcher for public policies, including health care, long-term care and pension system. Before his retirement, he had appointment in several prestige universities and research institutes, including the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (2017-2020), Duke University and Duke Kunshan University (2014-17), and the Institute of Economics, Academia Sinca, Taiwan (1990-2014). He received his Ph.D. in economics from Vanderbilt University in 1990. Since then, health economics has become the central focus of his research career. His past research has covered several diversified areas in the field of health economics and applied microeconomics, including medical malpractice, the economics of health behavior, the demand for medical care, the determinants of health, health insurance, healthcare expenditure, the labor supply of physicians and nurses, physician incentives, hospital competition, and the economics of the pharmaceutical industry. He is the co-editor of three previous books on the economics of health care. He is also the co-author of the textbook on health economics published by MIT Press. 




Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Economic Analysis of Mental Health in China

  • Authors: Xuezheng Qin, Chee-Ruey Hsieh

  • Series Title: Applied Economics and Policy Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4209-1

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-99-4208-4Published: 09 August 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-4211-4Due: 11 November 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-4209-1Published: 08 August 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2731-4006

  • Series E-ISSN: 2731-4014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 165

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Health Economics, Quality of Life Research

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