Table 1 Household characteristics and out-of-pocket medical expenses
From: Household catastrophic medical expenses in eastern China: determinants and policy implications
Variable | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|
Region | |
Shanghai | 27.62 |
Changzhou | 22.34 |
Weifang | 50.13 |
Household head’s registration status | |
Rural | 68.42 |
Urban | 31.58 |
Household head’s education level | |
Elementary school or lower | 38.60 |
Middle school | 42.87 |
High school | 14.14 |
College or higher | 5.40 |
Household head’s health insurance status | |
Uninsured | 5.75 |
Labor insurance | 12.44 |
Urban resident insurance | 8.76 |
New cooperative medical scheme (NCMS) | 61.93 |
other social insurance | 12.12 |
Household head’s having commercial insurance | |
Yes | 7.40 |
No | 92.60 |
Number of family members with chronic disease | |
None | 70.61 |
1 | 21.21 |
2 | 7.48 |
3 or more | 0.70 |
Number of family members with an age of 65 or older | |
None | 70.99 |
1 | 15.43 |
2 or more | 13.58 |
Number of family members younger than 5 years old | |
None | 86.47 |
1 | 13.30 |
2 or more | 0.22 |
Household size | |
1 | 4.88 |
2 | 29.95 |
3 | 30.09 |
4 or more | 35.08 |
Household head’s marriage status | |
Unmarried | 2.86 |
Married | 90.36 |
Divorced | 0.83 |
Other | 5.95 |
Annual per capita expenses (yuan) | |
Shanghai | 8656.2 |
Changzhou | 6722.6 |
Weifang | 4505.7 |
Annual per capita out-of-pocket medical expenses (yuan) | |
Shanghai | 885.4 |
Changzhou | 632.9 |
Weifang | 516.9 |
Number of hospitalization in last 12 months | |
None | 92.12 |
1 | 7.13 |
2 | 0.58 |
3 or more | 0.16 |