Co-authored Paper by Professor Xie E Published in Top Journal Management World

Recently, the collaborative research achievement Smart Health Care for the Elderly and Medical Expenses: Evidence from Smart Health Care for the Elderly Demonstration Bases by Professor Xie E and doctoral candidate Yang Yuqi from the School of Economics, Shandong University, was published in the 1st issue of 2025 of the top journal Management World.

China has entered a deeply aging society with a continuous rise in medical expenses. Can smart health care for the elderly, a new elderly care model under the "Internet + Medical Health" initiative, reduce medical expenses for the elderly and achieve medical burden reduction? To address this question, this paper constructs an overlapping generations (OLG) model and uses the multi-period difference-in-differences (DID) method to examine the impact of smart health care for the elderly on medical expenses. The study finds that the pilot policy of smart health care for the elderly has reduced the hospitalization probability of the elderly by 3.84%, and hospitalization expenses, outpatient expenses, total medical expenses, and out-of-pocket medical expenses by 31.26%, 57.65%, 63.91%, and 47.53% respectively. Mechanism analysis reveals that smart health care for the elderly reduces medical expenses by lowering transportation costs, strengthening chronic disease management, and increasing preventive exercise, but there is still room for improvement in promoting the development of "enjoyable elderly care". The conclusions of this paper provide useful references for actively responding to population aging and reducing the medical burden of the elderly.

Xie E is a Second-Class Professor and Ph.D. Supervisor. He is a Leading Talent in Philosophy and Social Sciences of the National High-Level Talent Special Support Program (National "Ten-Thousand Talent Program"), a National Cultural Master and "Four Batches of Talents" Talent, an author of the National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation, an Awardee of the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University, a Young and Middle-aged Expert with Outstanding Contributions in Shandong Province, a selected expert of the "Hundred Talents Project" of theoretical talents in Shandong Province, a Distinguished Professor (First Level) and an Outstanding Young and Middle-aged Scholar of Shandong University. His research achievements have been published in journals including Economic Research Journal (5 papers) and Management World (2 papers). He has presided over national-level projects such as key/special projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, major projects (3) of the National Social Science Fund of China, key projects of the National Social Science Fund of China, general projects (2) of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Publishing Fund, and the Special Fund for Authors of National Excellent Doctoral Dissertations in Institutions of Higher Education. He has won the Third Prize of the 6th Excellent Research Achievements in Higher Education Science, the Second Prize of National Excellent Financial Theory Research Achievements (twice), the First Prize, Second Prize (4 times) and Third Prize of Shandong Provincial Social Science Excellent Achievements, and the Second Prize of Shanghai Social Science Excellent Achievements. He is a Standing Director of the Labor Economic Association (Deputy Director of the Professional Committee of Income Distribution and Salary Research), a Director of the Chinese Public Finance Society, and an Academic Member of the China Taxation Society. He also serves as a review expert for the Changjiang Scholars Program, the National Ten-Thousand Talent Program, the 4th and 5th National Discipline Evaluation (Applied Economics), the First National Professional Degree (Taxation) Level Evaluation, the Huo Yingdong Young Science Award and Education Teaching Award, and major projects of the National Social Science Fund.