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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of sample at baseline

From: Temporal trends and variation in out-of-pocket expenditures and patient cost sharing: evidence from a Chinese national survey 2011–2015

 

N (%)

Health insurance

 No insurance

602 (5.8)

 NCMS

8072 (73.7)

 URBMI

470 (5.5)

 UEBMI

922 (12.1)

 Others

250 (2.9)

Location

 Urban

3575 (41.3)

 Rural

6741 (58.7)

PCE

 Lowest 20%

1170 (694)

 Lower 20%

2697 (1164)

 Middle 20%

4500 (1801)

 Higher 20%

7548 (2797)

 Highest 20%

14,260 (17328)

Employment

 Not working

252 (2.5)

 Retired

2417 (26.1)

 Working

7647 (71.4)

Education

 Elementary or below

6861 (64.6)

 Secondary school

3314 (33.4)

 College and above

141 (2)

Age (years)

 45–54

3921 (38.9)

 55–64

4150 (38.9)

 65–74

1818 (17.8)

 ≥ 75

427 (4.4)

Gender

 Male

5086 (48.9)

 Female

5230 (51.1)

Marital

 single or divorce or widowed

955 (9.8)

 married or cohabitated

9361 (90.2)

Comorbidity

 None

3450 (34.2)

 1 NCD

3244 (31.3)

 2 NCDs

1997 (18.9)

 ≥ 3 NCDs

1625 (15.5)

N

10,316

  1. Note:
  2. •All results are weighted to account for complex survey design.
  3. Abbreviation: UEBMI Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance, URBMI Urban Resident Basic Medical Insurance, NCMS New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme, Others government health care, private medical insurance and others, NCD Non-communicable disease, PCE Per capita expenditure (Chinese Yuan)
  4. •median PCE of each wealth group was displayed with standard deviation in parentheses