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Table 4 Concentration indexes of CHE in elderly households

From: Catastrophic health expenditures and its inequality in elderly households with chronic disease patients in China

 

Catastrophic threshold (share of non-food household expenditure)

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

Rural elderly households with chronic disease patients

Incidence

−0.0841

−0.1111

−0.1488

−0.1704

−0.1857

Intensity

−0.1502

−0.1729

−0.1923

−0.2090

−0.2335

Urban elderly households with chronic disease patients

Incidence

−0.1246

−0.1438

−0.1433

−0.1284

−0.1522

Intensity

−0.1433

−0.1465

−0.1482

−0.1559

−0.1867

Rural elderly households that did not report chronic disease

Incidence

−0.0981

−0.1448

−0.1955

−0.2049

−0.1905

Intensity

−0.1718

−0.1951

−0.2098

−0.2128

−0.2274

Urban elderly households that did not report chronic disease

Incidence

−0.3362

−0.4117

−0.3956

−0.3833

−0.4021

Intensity

−0.4205

−0.4418

−0.4595

−0.5069

−0.5765