Does the new cooperative medical scheme reduce inequality in catastrophic health expenditure in rural China?

Table 4 Headcount of catastrophic health expenditures (CHEs) before and after reimbursement in 2009 and 2012

Threshold	Before reimbursement (a) (%)		After reimbursement (b) (%)		Reduction by the NCMS
	Before reimbursement (a) (%)		After reimbursement (b) (%)		(a–b)/a (%)
	2009	2012	2009	2012	2009	2012
20 %	61.83	74.07	54.96	52.78	11.11	28.74
30 %	45.80	62.04	42.75	39.81	6.66	35.83
40 %	31.30	46.30	26.72	26.85	14.63	42.01
50 %	22.14	28.70	19.85	14.81	10.34	48.40
60 %	16.79	22.22	12.21	8.33	27.28	62.51

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