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Table 2 NCMSa impact on incidence of catastrophic expenditure for TB care, China, 2012

From: The effect of NCMS on catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment from tuberculosis care in China

Indicators

Study locations

All

Hanzhong

Yichang

Zhenjiang

Average capacity to pay (US$) (A1)

2436.6 (1781.0)b

3242.8 (2245.4)

5143.7 (3219.3)

3042.9 (2268.5)

Average food expenditure (US$) (A2)

958.0 (444.8)

1157.5 (501.9)

1906.7 (708.4)

1139.4 (530.1)

Ratios of A2 versus A1

1 : 2.54

1 : 2.80

1 : 2.70

1 : 2.67

Total expenditure on TB care (US$c)

1696.6 (1201.1)

1257.7 (911.4)

2226.9 (904.4)

1591.8 (1074.4)

OOPd payments for TB care (US$)

1094.1 (900.5)

898.9 (736.5)

1592.8 (649.5)

1077.0 (817.4)

OOP payments share of total expenditure on TB care (%)

64.5

71.5

71.5

67.7

Reimbursement from health insurance system (US$)

589.2

304.6

619.0

485.9

NCMS share of total expenditure on TB care (%)

34.7

24.2

27.8

30.5

Subsidies from government and other sources (US$)

13.4

54.25

15.1

28.9

Subsidy share of total expenditure on TB care (%)

0.8

4.3

0.7

1.8

Households with catastrophic expenditure (%)

Before reimbursement (C B )

63.5

50.8

59.0

58.2

After reimbursement (C A )

51.1

39.2

51.3

46.7

After reimbursement and subsidies (C S )

50.6

39.2

48.7

46.1

Difference (%)

C B -C A

12.4

11.6

7.7

11.5

C A -C S

0.6

0.0

2.6

0.6

C B -C A -C S

13.0

11.6

10.3

12.1

  1. aNCMS means New Cooperative Medical Scheme, the same below;
  2. bMean (SD)
  3. cA currency exchange rate of Chinese RMB 628 Yuan to US$1 00 Yuan (at the end of 2012);
  4. dOOP : out-of-pocket