Table 2 Incidence and intensity of catastrophic health expenditure among the single empty-nest elderly in rural Shandong, China,2019
Catastrophic health expenditure | Thresholds | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
20% | 30% | 40% | 50% | 60% | |
Head count (%) | |||||
 Total | 67.8 | 59.4 | 49.8 | 38.4 | 28.9 |
 None chronic condition | 35.0 | 29.2 | 24.8 | 19.7 | 16.8 |
 One chronic condition | 68.8 | 57.9 | 45.8 | 33.3 | 25.0 |
 Multimorbidity | 84.4 | 76.3 | 64.2 | 51.5 | 38.7 |
 Multimorbidity+ frailty | 92.9 | 87.5 | 84.0 | 64.3 | 44.6 |
 P-value | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
Mean catastrophic payment gap (%) | |||||
 Total | 25.4 | 19.1 | 13.5 | 9.1 | 5.7 |
 None chronic condition | 13.4 | 10.2 | 7.5 | 5.2 | 3.3 |
 One chronic condition | 23.9 | 17.6 | 12.3 | 8.2 | 5.3 |
 Multimorbidity | 32.4 | 24.4 | 17.2 | 11.4 | 6.8 |
 Multimorbidity+ frailty | 39.5 | 30.5 | 21.9 | 17.2 | 9.1 |
Mean positive gap (%) | |||||
 Total | 37.4 | 32.1 | 27.2 | 23.6 | 19.6 |
 None chronic condition | 38.2 | 25.1 | 30.2 | 26.4 | 19.9 |
 One chronic condition | 34.8 | 30.4 | 26.9 | 24.7 | 21.3 |
 Multimorbidity | 38.3 | 32.0 | 26.9 | 21.3 | 17.6 |
 Multimorbidity+ frailty | 42.5 | 34.9 | 26.1 | 22.2 | 20.5 |