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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of cancer patients

From: Financial burden of healthcare for cancer patients with social medical insurance: a multi-centered study in urban China

 

Shanghai

Beijing

Fuzhou

Chongqing

Sample size

600

600

600

608

# UEBMI patients (eligible)a

572

561

350

608

Gender Composition (%)

 Male

48.1

54.2

51.8

56.9

Average age (year, mean ± SD)

63.5 ± 12.4

63.2 ± 13.5

67.1 ± 10.0

67.4 ± 13.7

Age group (%)

 <40

1.7

5.5

0.3

2.3

 40 ~ 59

40.2

34.2

23.7

26.5

 60 ~ 79

47.6

50.8

66.8

53.6

 >80

10.5

9.4

9.3

17.6

  1. aWe initially collected around 600 individuals in each city’s insurance database. However, the UEBMI and URBMI database was operated together in Shanghai, Beijing and Fuzhou. URBMI enrollers were removed and only UEBMI beneficiaries were included for final analysis
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International Journal for Equity in Health

ISSN: 1475-9276

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