Skip to main content

Table 2 Benefits of inpatient services under NCMS in sampled counties

From: Who benefited from the New Rural Cooperative Medical System in China? A case study on Anhui Province

Indices

Feixi

Huaining

Qingyang

Lujiang

Dangtu

Huoqiu

Average of Anhui

Expenditure per capita (US $)a

427

325

507

399

774

390

535

Rate of participation in NCMS (%)

96.7

99.6

98.5

93.4

96.4

93.6

93.6

Hospitalization rate in NCMS (%)

6.0

6.0

6.1

6.1

5.7

5.9

6.6

Benefit episodes of inpatients (thousand)

42.3

34.1

13.5

57.4

30.6

37.0

3,045.7

Average benefit per inpatients service ($)a

236.0

259.2

238.5

222.3

280.3

451.3

217.3

  1. Notes: a- United States dollars, based on the currency exchange rates of 6.831 China Yuan to US $ 1.00 in 2009