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Table 5 Shares of NCMS benefits by economic quintiles, CIs, and dominance tests

From: The distribution of benefits under China’s new rural cooperative medical system: evidence from western rural China

Economic status (Quintile)

2008

2013

Actual percentage

Need-adjusted percentage

Actual amount

Need-adjusted amount

Actual percentage

Need-adjusted percentage

Actual amount

Need-adjusted amount

Poorest, %

10.54

10.13

7.11

7.16

17.05

14.87

14.31

14.08

Poorer, %

14.22

14.84

8.62

8.97

18.70

18.59

13.37

13.52

Middle, %

22.30

22.96

12.91

14.03

18.37

19.14

13.26

13.54

Richer, %

19.61

19.72

14.06

14.04

20.81

21.71

20.21

20.37

Richest, %

33.33

32.35

57.31

55.80

25.06

25.68

38.84

38.49

CI (SE)

0.2099** (0.0409)

0.2027** (0.0371)

0.3287** (0.0970)

0.3002** (0.0948)

0.0781** (0.0161)

0.1056** (0.0152)

0.1685** (0.0235)

0.1660** (0.0232)

Dominance test

 Against 45-degree line

–

 

–

 

–

 

–

 

 Against Lorenz Curve

  

None

   

+

 
  1. Note:(1) *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01; (2) Statistically significant differences (P < 0.05) were found in all values of CIs between 2008 and 2013 using the z-test. (3) - indicates the 45-degree line/Lorenz curve dominates the concentration curve; + indicates concentration curve dominates 45-degree line/Lorenz curve; none indicates non-dominance; a blank space indicates that the variable is not applicable
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International Journal for Equity in Health

ISSN: 1475-9276

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