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Table 5 Health insurance coverage and employment/retirement status, 1998 and 2003 (%)

From: Urban health insurance reform and coverage in China using data from National Health Services Surveys in 1998 and 2003

 

Employed

Retired

Not in employment*

 

Percent

95%CI

Percent

95%CI

Percent

95%CI

  

L

U

 

L

U

 

L

U

1998

         

BHIS (1)

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

GIS+LIS (2)

56.1

55.2

57.0

74.1

73.2

75.1

14.1

12.3

16.0

MHIS (1+2)

56.1

55.2

57.0

74.1

73.2

75.1

14.1

12.3

16.0

Other non-commercial

7.3

6.0

8.6

3.3

1.5

5.1

9.4

7.5

11.3

Commercial

4.8

3.5

6.1

3.3

1.5

5.1

0.8

0.6

1.0

No-insurance cover

31.8

30.8

32.9

19.2

17.5

20.9

75.7

74.7

76.6

2003

         

BHIS (1)

42.9

41.7

43.9

55.3

54.1

56.6

8.4

6.5

10.2

GIS+LIS (2)

10.4

9.1

11.8

18.2

16.5

19.9

1.2

1.0

1.4

MHIS (1+2)

53.3

52.3

54.2

74.5

72.6

76.4

9.6

7.7

11.4

Other non-commercial

10.9

9.6

12.3

5.6

3.1

6.8

10.3

8.5

12.1

Commercial

2.6

1.2

4.0

0.7

0.5

0.8

3.0

1.1

4.9

No-insurance cover

33.1

32.0

34.3

20.7

19.0

22.4

77.0

76.1

77.9

  1. *including not working, unemployed, semi-unemployed