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Table 3 Distribution of government health subsidies by income quintile in the rural populations at different levels of health care facilities

From: Assessing equity in benefit distribution of government health subsidy in 2012 across East China: benefit incidence analysis

Income quintiles

Per capita household expenditure

Township health centers

County hospitals

Municipal hospital

Total

Outpatient care

Inpatient care

Outpatient care

Inpatient care

Outpatient care

Inpatient care

Outpatient care

Inpatient care

1 (poorest)

7.53 %

22.30 %

23.58 %

11.69 %

16.12 %

11.63 %

9.36 %

21.02 %

19.19 %

2

12.86 %

26.89 %

25.43 %

30.46 %

14.82 %

27.91 %

12.27 %

27.25 %

20.29 %

3

16.93 %

16.23 %

16.83 %

13.23 %

19.79 %

20.93 %

14.49 %

16.05 %

17.32 %

4

22.46 %

17.54 %

15.41 %

22.15 %

21.05 %

20.93 %

12.77 %

18.06 %

16.63 %

5 (richest)

40.22 %

17.05 %

18.74 %

22.46 %

28.22 %

18.60 %

51.11 %

17.61 %

26.56 %

Gini/concentration index

0.3250** (0.3184 to 0.3317)

−0.0818* (−0.1518 to −0.0119)

−0.0050* (−0.0094 to −0.0005)

0.0567 (−0.0530 to 0.1665)

0.0084** (0.0050 to 0.0118)

0.0271 (−0.1715 to 0.2256)

0.0252** (0.0172 to 0.0331)

−0.0659* (−0.1285 to −0.0034)

0.0036* (0.0008 to 0.0065)

Weight

 

62.54 %

30.32 %

32.15 %

57.73 %

5.31 %

11.95 %

100 %

100 %

  1. Note: 95 % confidence intervals of the concentration index presented in parentheses
  2. **implies significant at 0.01
  3. *implies significant at 0.05