Can the reform of integrating health insurance reduce inequity in catastrophic health expenditure? Evidence from China

Table 1 Characteristics of participants covered by URRBMI, URBMI or NCMS in 2013

	Households covered by URRBMI		Households covered by URBMI or NCMS
	N	%/mean	N	%/mean
Household size
< =2	4860	43.77	9210	44.73
3–4	4342	39.10	8347	40.54
> =5	1902	17.13	3033	14.73
Gender of household head
Male	8659	77.98	15,691	76.21
Female	2445	22.0	4899	23.79
Marital status of household head
Unmarried and others	9273	83.51	17,433	84.67
Married	1831	16.49	3157	15.33
Educational level of household head
Illiterate	1773	15.97	2838	13.78
Primary school	4206	37.88	7435	36.11
Junior middle school	3955	35.62	7859	38.17
Senior high school or above	1170	10.53	2458	11.94
Employment status of household head
Employed	8333	75.0	16,427	79.78
Retired	440	4.0	755	3.67
Unemployed and others	2331	21.0	3408	16.55
Place of residence
Urban	3439	30.97	6234	30.28
Rural	7665	69.03	14,356	69.72
Region of household
East	5895	53.09	5737	27.86
Middle	1583	14.26	7635	37.08
West	3626	32.65	7218	35.06
Type of medical insurance scheme
URRBMI	11,104	100	–
MIUR	–		2715	13.19
NCMS	–		17,875	86.81
Preferred institution for common diseases
Primary hospital	9718	87.52	19,051	92.53
Non-primary hospital	1386	12.48	1539	7.47
Household including hospitalized member
Yes	2312	20.82	4592	22.30
No	8792	79.18	15,998	77.70
Household including member with chronic disease
Yes	5042	45.41	8550	41.53
No	6062	54.59	12,040	58.47
Household with members aged five or younger
Yes	2043	18.40	4169	20.25
No	9061	81.60	16,421	79.75
Household with members aged sixty and above
Yes	5188	46.72	8897	43.21
No	5916	53.28	11,693	56.79
Expenditure quintile ^a (US$)^b
Quintile I (poorest)		417.58		384.02
Quintile II		855.55		778.51
Quintile III		1365.04		1201.88
Quintile IV		2114.28		1831.15
Quintile V (wealthiest)		4801.56		3816.38

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