The integration of urban and rural medical insurance to reduce the rural medical burden in China: a case study of a county in Baoji City

Table 4 Average compensation expenses (in CNY) of rural outpatients at county, township, and village hospitals in 2009, 2010, and 2011 (n = 20,459 in 2009, n = 65,258 in 2010, n = 59,036 in 2011)

Year	Per-patient compensation expenses	Per-patient compensation expenses by hospital level
Year	Per-patient compensation expenses	County	Township	Village
2009	22	41	19	21
2010	26^*	60	25	18
2011	26^*	66	28	18

*We adjust the average expenses for 2010 and 2011 based on the consumer price index in 2009

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