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Table 1 Variables and functional relationships in the system dynamics model of the sustainable development of the maternity insurance fund after the merger of the two insurance systems

From: Effects of incentive-based population policies on sustainability of China’s recent maternity insurance system reform: a system dynamics simulation

No.

Variable name

Meaning

Type

Variable expression and assignment

Units

1

Maternity insurance average level of treatment

Average entitlement level of maternity insurance

Auxiliary variables

3 351 × time − 6.7203e+006

RMB

2

Average wage

Average payment base of maternity insurance

Auxiliary variables

3 514 × time − 7.0354e+006

RMB

3

Birth rate

Births

Auxiliary variables

0.00937

Rate

4

Births

Number of births

Rate variables

Number of insured × birth rate

Person/year

5

Death rate

Mortality

Auxiliary variables

0.007

Rate

6

Deaths

Number of deaths

Rate variables

Number of insured × death rate

Person/year

7

Number of beneficiaries

Maternity insurance’s number of beneficiaries

Auxiliary variables

Births − births × 0.011236 + second child comprehensive

Persons

8

Final time

System length

Auxiliary variables

2027

Years

9

Maternity insurance fund balance

Maternity insurance base

Status variables

INTEG (fund income − fund expenditure, 2.761e+009)

RMB/year

10

Maternity insurance fund expenditure

Expenditure of maternity insurance fund

Rate variables

Maternity insurance average level of treatment × number of beneficiaries + total incentive payments

RMB/year

11

Maternity insurance fund income

Income of maternity insurance fund

Rate variables

Payment base × payment rate

RMB/year

12

INITIAL TIME

System start time

Auxiliary variables

2017

Years

13

New insured people

Number of new insured per year of maternity insurance

Auxiliary variables

Assigning values based on different scenarios

Persons

14

Maternity insurance payment base

Payment base of maternity insurance

Auxiliary variables

Average wage × number of insured

RMB

15

Maternity insurance payment rate

Contribution rate of maternity insurance

Auxiliary variables

0.005

Rate

16

Second child comprehensive

Total number of additions per year

Auxiliary variables

Assigning values based on different scenarios

Persons

17

Number of insured

Number of insured persons

Status variables

INTEG (births − deaths + new insured people, 1.51032e+007)

Person/year

18

Maternity insurance and medical insurance coordination fund

Maternity and health insurance consolidated fund

Status variables

INTEG (total income − total expenditure, 1.1394e+011)

RMB

19

Medical insurance fund balance

Accumulated balance of the medical insurance fund

Status variables

INTEG (medical insurance income − medical insurance expenditure, 1.11179e+011)

RMB

20

Medical insurance income

Income volume of the medical insurance fund

Rate variables

7.89833e+009 × time − 1.58369e+013

RMB/year

21

Medical insurance expenditure

Medical insurance fund expenditure volume

Rate variables

7.01367e+009 × time − 1.40673e+013

RMB/year

22

Total expenditure

Total expenditure of the maternity and health insurance pool

Rate variables

Maternity insurance fund expenditure + medical insurance expenditure

RMB/year

23

Total income

Total income of the maternity and health insurance pool

Rate variables

Maternity insurance fund income + medical insurance income

RMB/year

24

Total incentive payments

Total fertility incentive payments

Auxiliary variables

Average incentive payments × second child comprehensive (or all newborns)

RMB

25

Average incentive payments

Average incentive payment on fertility

Auxiliary variables

Assigning values based on different scenarios

RMB

  1. Source: Jiangsu Province Statistical Yearbook and the National Bureau of Statistics of China and system dynamics simulation results
  2. INTEG means integration, TFC means the average maternity incentive payments