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Table 1 Socio-demographics and Health-Care Characteristics of Households and Individuals

From: Effects of China’s New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme on reducing medical impoverishment in rural Yanbian: An alternative approach

Variable

Amount

Households, total count

1,987

Individuals, total count

6,135

Socio-demographics

Age group

 0–20

17.4 %

 21–44

37.9 %

 45–64

35.3 %

 ≥65

9.4 %

Sex

 Female

48.4 %

 Male

51.6 %

Elementary school education or less

35.2 %

Annual household income, mean, Yuan

22,392

Poverty line

6,141 Yuan (around $2.42/day)

Households below the poverty line

9.5 %

Health care, reimbursement, and expenses

 Households participating in NRCMS

96.8 %

 Two-week outpatient visit

18.4 %

 Annual outpatient visit

94.5 %

 Hospitalization

4.7 %

 Annual reimbursement

11.2 %

 Annual outpatient reimbursement percent

3.2 %

 Annual inpatient reimbursement

40.2 %