Social health assistance schemes: the case of Medical Financial Assistance for the rural poor in four counties of China

Table 5 The coverage rate of MFA in the four counties in 2006

County	Poor households identified by county government	Registered in MFA
	N(households) ^a	N(households) ^b	Percentage(%)
Xiaochang	14336	2553	17.8
Hongan	27400	5320	19.4
Fushun	not available	4506	----
Langzhong	19355	4667	24.1

^a Figures of column 1 were collected by the county statistical bureaus according to the 'National poverty line'
^b Figures of column 2 were equal to the amount of the Wubao, Dibao, Tekun and Youfu households.

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