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Table 4 Changes in health care expenses and CHE incidence of people with hypertension in China, 2011–2018

From: Changing inequity in health service utilization and financial burden among patients with hypertension in China: evidence from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), 2011–2018

Variables

Health care expenses and CHE incidence

Outpatient service [mean]

Inpatient service [mean]

CHE incidence [n (%)]

Total expense (CNY)

% of OOP

Total expense (CNY)

% of OOP

2011

2013

2015

2018

2011

2013

2015

2018

2011

2013

2015

2018

2011

2013

2015

2018

2011

2013

2015

2018

Total

271.0

400.4

516.8

359.7

86.9

82.6

81.9

79.7

1416.0

2298.5

2857.1

4195.2

62.7

55.9

53.1

51.2

479 (15.6%)

511 (18.2%)

534 (19.9%)

1111 (24.2%)

Socioeconomic group

 Quintile1 (lowest)

78.8

163.7

308.7

125.3

89.8

85.4

87.9

81.1

466.8

1002.5

901.1

1259.9

68.6

54.1

54.2

46.4

95 (17.1%)

103 (18.8%)

101 (19.2%)

221 (27.0%)

 Quintile2

119.4

184.2

263.0

343.4

92.7

83.6

83.2

80.7

798.5

945.4

1085.3

2462.0

68.7

59.0

56.8

51.2

100 (17.4%)

102 (17.9%)

104 (19.3%)

252 (27.2%)

 Quintile3

229.0

350.9

239.7

257.8

90.2

84.0

86.7

81.1

671.7

1009.3

2201.5

2608.4

69.7

55.3

49.5

51.0

113 (17.9%)

103 (18.9%)

118 (23.3%)

247 (26.2%)

 Quintile4

251.1

489.5

466.6

411.7

88.0

84.1

80.1

77.3

911.8

2234.3

3583.8

4492.0

63.5

55.3

53.2

49.4

104 (16.6%)

104 (18.0%)

133 (23.2%)

234 (23.6%)

 Quintile5 (highest)

629.8

914.5

1157.0

766.2

76.7

75.5

78.8

76.8

3800.9

5659.9

6210.9

10,053.6

54.8

55.0

53.2

51.9

67 (9.9%)

99 (17.4%)

78 (14.7%)

157 (17.2%)

\({\upchi }^{2}\)/ F

6.1***

5.8***

9.7***

6.5***

10.4***

3.4**

2.7*

1.0

28.2***

26.9***

17.6***

19.9***

4.7**

0.3

0.6

1.2

21.8***

0.6

17.0**

34.6***

  1. ***p < 0.001
  2. **p < 0.01
  3. *p < 0.05 significance test