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Table 5 Prevalence of CHE and CIs before and after NCMS reimbursement

From: New cooperative medical scheme decreased financial burden but expanded the gap of income-related inequity: evidence from three provinces in rural China

Province

Prevalence of CHE

Poorest (Q1)

Q2

Q3

Q4

Richest (Q5)

Total

Sig.*

Concentration index(CI)

Hubei

Pre-reimbursement(N (%))

100(41.49 %)

60(35.50 %)

44(32.35 %)

16(26.67 %)

4(14.81 %)

224(35.39 %)

 χ2=11.472

−0.0930

p=0.022

 

Post-reimbursement(N (%))

93(38.59 %)

50(29.59 %)

38(27.94 %)

13(21.67 %)

3(11.11 %)

197(31.12 %)

 χ2=14.643

−0.1190

p=0.006

 

Change(Pre-Post)

7(2.90 %)

10(5.91 %)

6(4.41 %)

3(5.00 %)

1(3.70 %)

27(4.27 %)

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0.0260

Chongqing

Pre-reimbursement(N (%))

74(47.74 %)

49(26.63 %)

33(25.00 %)

3(9.09 %)

3(7.89 %)

151(30.32 %)

 χ2=40.717

−0.2279

p<0.001

 

Post-reimbursement(N (%))

69(44.52 %)

41(22.28 %)

19(21.59 %)

3(9.09 %)

2(5.26 %)

134(26.91 %)

 χ2=42.080

−0.2495

p<0.001

 

Change(Pre-Post)

5(3.22 %)

8(4.35 %)

14(3.41 %)

0(0.00 %)

1(2.63 %)

17(3.41 %)

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0.0216

Zhejiang

Pre-reimbursement(N (%))

27(34.18 %)

21(25.61 %)

17(20.00 %)

12(13.48 %)

12(20.34 %)

89(22.59 %)

χ2=11.212

−0.1498

p=0.024

 

Post-reimbursement(N (%))

24(30.38 %)

16(19.51 %)

12(14.12 %)

8(8.99 %)

10(16.95 %)

70(17.77 %)

χ2=14.269

−0.1821

p=0.006

 

Change(Pre-Post)

3(3.80 %)

5(6.10 %)

5(5.88 %)

4(4.49 %)

2(3.36 %)

19(4.82 %)

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0.0323

  1. *α = 0.05