Grounded in The Economist reporting on psychiatric access & luxury-care barriers
Model how rapid diagnostic screening interacts with severe out-of-pocket (OOP) cost barriers across 1.4B population cohorts in China.
Natl Unmet Need
78.4%
Rural Catastrophic Exp
64.2%
Untreated Diagnosed
94.6M
Sustained Treatment
50.2M
Policy Presets
System Levers
1.0x
+0%
0%
4.2 / 100k
¥7,200
Multi-Stage Care Attrition Funnel (Millions of Citizens)
Rural (35%)
Migrant (25%)
Tier 2/3 (25%)
Tier 1 (15%)
The Screening Paradox: Expanding identification without insurance subsidy causes millions of low-income citizens to receive a psychiatric diagnosis but abandon treatment due to catastrophic out-of-pocket drug and therapy expenses.
Cohort Disparity & Catastrophic Health Expenditure (CHE > 10% Income)