Table 1 Basic characteristics of study subjects
From: Impact of new rural cooperative medical scheme on the equity of health services in rural China
Total | Income groups | F/χ2 | P | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lowest | 2nd | Middle | 4th | Highest | ||||
No. of peasants, N (%) | 4900 (100.00) | 981 (20.02) | 1205 (24.59) | 805 (16.43) | 1135 (23.16) | 774 (15.80) | ||
Male, N (%) | 2473 (50.47) | 477 (48.62) | 600 (49.79) | 411 (51.06) | 583 (51.37) | 402 (51.94) | χ2 = 2.70 | 0.609 |
Average age (y) | 46.60 | 56.36 | 47.69 | 43.36 | 42.37 | 42.12 | F = 88.17 | < 0.001* |
Annual per capita income (RMB) | 16,908.43 | 4615.10 | 9213.39 | 12,584.93 | 17,338.74 | 48,335.19 | F = 490.16 | < 0.001* |
Consumption per capita (RMB) | 9515.35 | 5203.00 | 6826.14 | 7782.01 | 11,018.41 | 18,766.35 | F = 390.47 | < 0.001* |
Medicine expenditure per capita (RMB) | 962.32 | 1297.37 | 832.13 | 750.16 | 918.41 | 1025.39 | F = 5.95 | < 0.001* |
NCMS coverage rate (%) | 91.53 | 92.86 | 92.53 | 92.42 | 90.93 | 88.24 | χ2 = 15.96 | 0.003* |
Villager’s pay for NCMS (RMB) | 74.67 | 64.39 | 75.35 | 74.81 | 74.74 | 87.03 | F = 25.39 | < 0.001* |
NCMS reimbursement rate (%) | 80.61 | 81.96 | 80.00 | 86.34 | 77.53 | 78.42 | χ2 = 105.01 | < 0.001* |