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Table 4 Proportion of chronic disease expenditure to annual expenditure per capita [% (average chronic disease expense per capita/annual non-food expenditure per capita)]

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

Patients groups by income quintile

Shandong (%)

Ningxia (%)

 

NCMS

non-NCMS

NCMS

non-NCMS

Bottom 20%

45

122

44

56

   20-40%

23

102

42

45

   40-60%

30

23

45

35

   60-80%

19

41

33

16

Top 20%

23

28

25

73

Average

27

47

35

42

The proportion of families whose health expenditure of chronic disease to non-food annual expenditure is over 40%*

15

21

14

18

  1. * Shandong: X2 = 2.76 p = 0.097; Ningxia: X2 = 2.96 p = 0.085