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Table 6 Measures of Poverty Based on Gross Consumption And Net of Spending on Health Care

From: Equity in health financing of Guangxi after China’s universal health coverage: evidence based on health expenditure comparison in rural Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region from 2009 to 2013

 

Gross consumption

Net spending

 

2009

2013

2009

2013

Poverty headcount

13.0

15.4

18.4

22.5

Poverty gap

52.0

110.5

106.7

158.7

Normalized poverty gap

4.3

4.8

8.9

6.9

Normalized mean positive poverty gap

33.3

31.3

48.4

30.6

  1. Poverty line in 2009 and 2013: 1196.0 RMB and 2300.0 RMB, respectively