Data analysis of more than 8 million hospitalizations in China: Is it only wallets that hurt the stock market? It's really sad! Stock volatility is associated with CVD hospitalization rates!

A growing body of research shows a link

Previous studies have explored the relationship between

Historically, the stock market has changed periodically

The study hypothesized that short-term changes in equity volatility in both directions (rising and falling) may be associated

This study used a time-series design to assess the relationship between

The results showed that between 2014 and 2017, a total of 8234164 cases of CVD were hospitalized

A U-shaped association

The daily absolute return of the Shanghai or Shenzhen index correlates significantly with the increase in hospital admissions for total CVD, ischemic heart disease, stroke and heart failure nationwide (Figure 4

Overall, this study shows that stock market volatility (down and up) is associated

Original source:

Wei Li, Stock volatility and hospital admissions for cardiovascular disease: Results from the National Insurance Claims for Epidemiological Research (NICER) study.