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Table 2 Household average income and medical expense

From: The effect of high medical expenses on household income in South Korea: a longitudinal study using propensity score matching

										Unit: USD^a
		2007		2008		2009		2010		2011
		Average	p-value	Average	p-value	Average	p-value	Average	p-value	Average	p-value
Medical expense	(1)	9,193	0.0100	3,024	<.0001	1,839	<.0001	1,839	0.0001	1,736	0.0007
Medical expense	(2)	784	0.0100	1,017	<.0001	1,092	<.0001	1,251	0.0001	1,223	0.0007
Income	(1)	19,281	0.3030	17,937	0.4118	17,704	0.1926	19,179	0.7684	18,871	0.8473
Income	(2)	18,171	0.3030	18,721	0.4118	19,048	0.1926	19,487	0.7684	18,656	0.8473

(1): high medical expense occurrence household
(2): high medical expense non-occurrence household
^a1 USD = 1,011 KRW

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