Evaluating the financial protection of patients with chronic disease by health insurance in rural China

Table 1 The basic characteristic of rural residents with chronic diseases (year 2005)

	Shandong		Ningxia
	NCMSⁱ	Non-NCMSⁱⁱ	NCMS	Non-NCMS
Total No. of patients reporting chronic disease	1767 (93%)	134(7%)	1773(87%)	270(13%)
Total No. of chronic casesⁱⁱⁱ	2191	164	2450	362
Gender
Male	774 (44%)	92 (69%)*	736 (42%)	125 (46%)
Female	993 (56%)	42 (31%)	1037 (58%)	145 (54%)
Age
< = 35	112(6%)	8(6%)	213(12%)	52 (19%)
35-60	1028 (58%)	56 (42%)	1065 (60%)	123 (46%)
>60	627 (35%)	70 (52%)	695 (39%)	95 (35%)
Annual income per capita (Yuan)#	5770	6794	6643	5824

Note: * X² = 31.02, P = 0.000; # Shandong, t = -3.79, P = 0.000; Ningxia, t = 3.15, P = 0.002
ⁱCurrent member of New Co-operative Medical Scheme (NCMS)
ⁱⁱNot currently a member of the NCMS
ⁱⁱⁱThis refers to the total number of chronic disease cases reported. Some of the patients in the first row reported more than one chronic disease.

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