Assessing the effects of the percentage of chronic disease in households on health payment-induced poverty in Shaanxi Province, China

Table 2 Measures of poverty gross and net of health payments in different groups in rural areas

	Gross of health payment(1)	Net of health payment(2)	Difference
	Gross of health payment(1)	Net of health payment(2)	Absolute(3) = (2)–(1)	Relative(4) = [(3)/(1)]^a100
Group 1^a
Poverty headcount^b	25.83%	34.07%	8.24%	31.90%
Poverty gap(Yuan)	832.77	1253.85	421.08	50.56%
Mean positive poverty gap(Yuan)	3223.68	3679.98	456.3	14.15%
Group 2
Poverty headcount	20.15%	31.03%	10.88%	54.00%
Poverty gap(Yuan)	775.67	1371.24	595.57	76.78%
Mean positive poverty gap(Yuan)	3849.82	4418.68	568.86	14.78%
Group 3
Poverty headcount	28.35%	44.42%	16.07%	56.68%
Poverty gap(Yuan)	907.40	1717.66	810.26	89.29%
Mean positive poverty gap(Yuan)	2865.07	3611.78	746.71	26.06%
Group 4
Poverty headcount	31.67%	47.47%	15.80%	49.89%
Poverty gap(Yuan)	3851.58	5632.40	1780.82	46.24%
Mean positive poverty gap(Yuan)	6513.52	7785.52	1272	19.53%

^aGroup 1: percentage of chronic patients in the households was 0%; Group 2: percentage of chronic patients in the households was 1~ 40%; Group 3: percentage of chronic patients in the households was 41~ 50%; Group 4: percentage of chronic patients in the households was 51~ 100%
^bInternational poverty line, US$1.25/day. 2013 exchange rata: US$1 = 6.2 Yuan

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