Table 6 Total economic burden and financial protection in 2008
Shanghai | Beijing | Fuzhou | Chongqing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 572 | N = 561 | N = 355 | N = 608 | |||||
Annual direct medical expense | ||||||||
Average total direct medical expenditure($) | 6086 | 7886 | 9963 | 8013 | ||||
Average percentage of total hospital admission expenditure (%) | 80.1 | 84.6 | 93.0 | 89.5 | ||||
Total cost paid by insurance($) | 5151 | 6510 | 7533 | 5243 | ||||
Average total OOP payments($) | 935 | 1377 | 2430 | 2771 | ||||
Reimbursement rate (%) | 85.0 | 82.3 | 74.6 | 62.3 | ||||
Socio-economic profile in 2008 | ||||||||
GDP per capita ($) | 10,530 [30] | 9257 [31] | 4841 [32] | 3356 [33] | ||||
Household non-subsistence expenditure($) | 4781 | 4080 | 3679 | 3174 | ||||
Economic burden and the financial protection of medical insurance | ||||||||
Average proportion of OOP as to household non-subsistence expenditure (%) | 19.6 | 33.7 | 66.0 | 87.3 | ||||
Proportion of households experiencing catastrophic health expenditure (%) | 8.7 | 30.0 | 65.1 | 67.6 | ||||
Age group | <60 | ≥60 | <60 | ≥60 | <60 | ≥60 | <60 | ≥60 |
Average salary/pension for employees/retirees | 6061 | 2659 | 8111 | / | 3963 | 1820 | 3886 | 1702 |
Average total direct medical expenditure($) | 6243 | 5973 | 7491 | 8147 | 11,267 | 9552 | 9810 | 7292 |
Average percentage of total hospital admission expenditure (%) | 77.6 | 81.9 | 88.4 | 82.1 | 93.8 | 92.7 | 88.7 | 89.9 |
Total cost paid by insurance($) | 5191 | 5122 | 6046 | 6816 | 8378 | 7267 | 5942 | 4963 |
Average total OOP payments($) | 1051 | 850 | 1445 | 1332 | 2890 | 2285 | 3868 | 2329 |
Reimbursement rate (%) | 83.1 | 86.3 | 81.5 | 82.9 | 74.6 | 74.6 | 57.8 | 64.2 |