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

Table 2 Distribution of household health expenditure characteristics and impoverishment level across consumption expenditure quintiles

	Households covered by integrated URRBMI						Households covered by URBMI or NCMS
	Quintile I	Quintile II	Quintile III	Quintile IV	Quintile V	Total	Quintile I	Quintile II	Quintile III	Quintile IV	Quintile V	Total
Average OOP (US$)^a	151.03^*	306.03^*	445.92^*	578.84^*	1609.75^**	618.08^**	137.45	265.79	391.67	520.54	1262.31	515.27
Average CTP (US$)^a	703.58^**	1575.86^**	2538.98^**	3946.78^**	8519.03^**	3455.17^**	648.00	1414.97	2230.41	3396.60	6615.94	2859.38
OOP/CTP (%)	22.84	20.65	18.55	15.76	17.64	17.89	23.18	19.91	18.48	16.05	17.30	18.02
HH with poverty (%)	64.71^**	9.50^**	0	0	0	14.88	55.10	2.48	0	0	0	11.52
HH with IM (%)	7.50^**	13.65	6.09^**	2.88^*	1.94	6.41	10.22	12.94	3.90	1.70	1.48	6.07

OOP out of pocket, CTP capacity to pay, HH household, IM impoverishment, US$ United States Dollars
^aAccording to exchange rate of 6.1932 yuan to US$ 1.00
^bQuintile 1 is the poorest 20%, and quintile 5 is the wealthiest 20%
* indicates that the difference was statistically significant **P < 0.01 ***P < 0.001

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