Objective To compare mitigating effect of community medical service and the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme(NRCMS) on economic burden of disease among rural left-behind elderly and the elderly moving to urban areas.Methods We extracted the data on NRCMS-covered 7 168 rural residents aged ≥ 60 years from a cross-sectional dataset of Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey(CLHLS) conducted in various rural China in 2014.Analysis of variance, chi-square test, and logistic regression analysis were adopted.Results Of the participants, 34...