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Table 6 NCMS impact on intensity of impoverishment 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

Poverty gap (US$a)

Pre-payment (PG pre )

45.2

14.0

8.6

26.0

Before reimbursement (PG B )

465.6

188.8

237.4

297.7

After reimbursement (PG A )

285.9

118.9

126.7

181.9

After reimbursement and subsidies (PG S )

280.1

106.6

120.6

174.5

Difference (US$)

PG B -PG A

179.7

69.9

110.7

115.8

PG A -PG S

5.8

12.3

6.1

7.4

PG B -PG pre

420.4

164.8

228.8

271.7

PG S -PG pre

234.9

92.6

112.0

148.5

Normalized poverty gap (%)

Pre-payment (NPG pre )

12.3

3.8

2.3

7.1

Before reimbursement (NPG B )

127.1

51.6

64.8

81.3

After reimbursement (NPG A )

78.1

32.5

34.6

49.7

After reimbursement and subsidies (NPG S )

76.5

29.1

32.9

47.7

Difference (%)

NPG B -NPG A

49.1

19.1

30.2

31.6

NPG A -NPG S

1.6

3.4

1.7

2.0

NPG B -NPG pre

114.8

47.7

62.5

74.2

NPG S -NPG pre

64.1

25.3

30.6

40.6

Mean positive poverty gap (US$)

Pre-payment (MPPG pre )

171.2

113.8

83.5

134.7

Before reimbursement (MPPG B )

871.9

599.4

770.8

697.2

After reimbursement (MPPG A )

643.9

453.8

494.9

513.8

After reimbursement and subsidies (MPPG S )

630.9

406.9

471.1

492.9

Difference (US$)

MPPG B -MPPG A

228.0

145.5

275.9

183.3

MPPG A -MPPG S

13.1

46.9

23.8

20.9

MPPG B -MPPG pre

700.7

485.5

687.3

562.5

MPPG S -MPPG pre

459.6

293.0

387.6

358.2

  1. aA currency exchange rate of Chinese RMB 628 Yuan to US$1 00 Yuan (at the end of 2012)