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Table 2 Health care utilization among insured individuals

From: Inequity under equality: research on the benefits equity of Chinese basic medical insurance

Quintile

URBMI

NRCMI

Total hospitalization expenses (CNY)

Hospitalization expense reimbursement (CNY)

Medical insurance applicability

Total hospitalization expenses (CNY)

Hospitalization expense reimbursement (CNY)

Medical insurance applicability

Poorest

14,188.38

6005.48

0.63

10,335.58

4613.19

0.59

(15,231.84)

(5710.46)

(0.48)

(23,549.75)

(9336.36)

(0.49)

2nd

14,618.51

5625.16

0.67

11,467.72

4570.25

0.60

(17,658.92)

(9493.36)

(0.47)

(19,925.77)

(14,682.43)

(0.49)

3rd

15,301.49

7320.51

0.70

12,303.68

4617.85

0.60

(20,622.77)

(10,958.06)

(0.46)

(25,200.23)

(9347.92)

(0.49)

4th

15,659.26

9869.67

0.72

12,583.4

5836.23

0.60

(34,028.64)

(18,342.27)

(0.45)

(21,770.66)

(12,320.78)

(0.49)

Richest

22,722.83

15,899.01

0.81

12,637.06

6598.45

0.62

(45,446.14)

(35,098.55)

(0.40)

(18,804.46)

(14,800.75)

(0.49)

P value (between the poorest group and the richest group)

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  1. Note: numbers in parentheses are standard deviations; ***, **, and * indicate significance levels of 1, 5, and 10%, respectively; the T-test method is used to test the health care utilization of the richest and poorest groups. According to National Bureau of Statistics of China, average exchange rate of CNY against USD in 2016 is 6.6423