Analysis of Rural Residents’ Participation in New Cooperative Medical System: A Case of Yunnan Province, China

Abstract

This research focuses on the problem of farmers’ unenthusiastic participation in the New Cooperative Medical System (NCMS) and took Yunnan Province as an example. We took the questionnaire approach to collect information of farmers’ participating action as well as participating willingness. Factor analysis and regression are used in this article to find the main factors affecting farmers’ willingness of participating NCMS. Solutions and suggestions to improve NCMS are also provided at the end based on previous analysis.