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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies

From: Economic status and catastrophic health expenditures in China in the last decade of health reform: a systematic review and meta-analysis

First author, year

Study location

study period

Study design

Study participants

Sample size

Incidence of CHE

Quality assessment of included studies

He 2006 [19]

Shanxi

2006

cross-sectional study

Families of farmers in poor counties

607

13.34%

5

Jia 2006 [20]

Shanghai

2006

cross-sectional study

Rural residents

3494

5.20%

3

Sun 2008 [21]

Qinghai

2008

cross-sectional study

Poor families (low-insured households) and non-poor families

1605

38.44%

5

Cui 2011 [22]

China

2011

cross-sectional study

Rural patients with primary hypertension, stroke or coronary heart disease

1189

19.20%

5

Wan 2011 [23]

Sichuan

2011

cross-sectional study

Low-income families

1980

19.90%

5

Chen 2012 [24]

Shanghai

2012

cross-sectional study

Active tuberculosis patients

97

34.02%

4

Chen 2012 [25]

Shandong

2012

cross-sectional study

Rural residents

179

26.51%

8

Yan 2012 [12]

Shaanxi

2012

cross-sectional study

Urban residents

800

5.38%

6

Ye 2012 [26]

China

2012

cross-sectional study

Urban residents

55,556

13%

10

Wang 2012 [27]

Hebei

2012

cross-sectional study

Town family

305

8.90%

5

He 2013 [28]

China

2013

cross-sectional study

Residents

2931

13.99%

4

Li 2013 [29]

China

2013

cross-sectional study

Residents

11,577

15.40%

7

Qin 2013 [30]

China

2013

cross-sectional study

Urban residents

4915

16.89%

5

Shi 2013 [31]

Yunnan

2013

cross-sectional study

Rural residents

300

4.67%

4

Ye 2013 [32]

China

2013

cross-sectional study

Families of maternal deaths in rural areas

195

56.92%

4

Fu 2014 [33]

Heilongjiang

2014

cross-sectional study

Residents

3098

23.79%

3

Liu 2014 [34]

Jiangsu

2014

cross-sectional study

Rural residents

1960

3.00%

6

Su 2014 [35]

Shandong

2014

cross-sectional study

Rural residents

2180

22.10%

4

Xu 2014 [36]

Guangdong

2014

cross-sectional study

Patients with stroke

300

35.33%

5

Yin 2014 [37]

Yunnan

2014

cross-sectional study

Rural residents

1140

11.19%

5

Li 2015 [38]

Xinjiang

2015

cross-sectional study

Residents

1845

6.97%

5

Che 2016 [39]

Yunnan

2016

cross-sectional study

Patients with chronic HBV without complications and indemnifying HBV cirrhosis over 20 years of age

940

41.70%

6

Gao 2016 [40]

Hubei

2016

cross-sectional study

Rural families

7202

9.71%

5

Li 2016 [41]

Chongqing

2016

cross-sectional study

Rural chronic disease residents

921

18.46%

5

Luo 2016 [42]

Hubei

2016

cross-sectional study

Rural residents

441

31.30%

6

Wang 2016 [43]

Hebei

2016

cross-sectional study

Rural residents

1581

10.37%

5

Wang 2016 [44]

Jiangsu

2016

cross-sectional study

Elderly residents in rural areas

1588

27.13%

5

Wu 2016 [45]

Jiangxi

2016

cross-sectional study

Lung cancer patients

203

47.30%

7

Xiao 2016 [46]

Chongqing

2016

cross-sectional study

People with high blood pressure in rural areas

1200

27.92%

5

Zang 2016 [47]

Gansu

2016

cross-sectional study

Urban residents

7500

15.40%

8

Zhang 2016 [48]

China

2016

cross-sectional study

Rural families

3012

29.71%

5

Zhou 2016 [49]

Sichuan

2016

cross-sectional study

Rural families

2244

6.37%

6

Feng 2017 [50]

Hubei

2017

cross-sectional study

Residents

604

26.99%

4

Gao 2017 [51]

China

2017

cross-sectional study

Patients with the disease

497

73.44%

3

Li 2017 [52]

Shanxi

2017

cross-sectional study

Urban residents

455

13.41%

5

Li 2017 [53]

Gansu

2017

cross-sectional study

Rural residents

373

31.09%

4

Niu 2017 [54]

Shandong

2017

cross-sectional study

Diabetes patients

2183

13.70%

5

Yu 2017 [55]

Shaanxi

2017

cross-sectional study

Farmers

250

76.80%

4

Duan 2018 [56]

Hebei

2018

cross-sectional study

Rural residents

1083

35.84%

3

Huang 2018 [57]

Yunnan

2018

cross-sectional study

Elderly diabetics

162

26.37%

6

Huang 2018 [58]

Shandong

2018

cross-sectional study

Rural families

754

19.73%

6

Li 2018 [59]

Yunnan

2018

cross-sectional study

Urban residents

1510

30.46%

5

Li 2018 [60]

Jiangsu

2018

cross-sectional study

Group of middle-aged and elderly people

1080

31.20%

4

Wang 2018 [61]

Sichuan

2018

cross-sectional study

Rural families

999

18.02%

9

Zeng 2018 [62]

China

2018

cross-sectional study

Urban residents

13,602

12.47%

5

Zheng 2018 [63]

Liaoning

2018

cross-sectional study

Cancer patients

1344

42.78%

6

Yu 2019 [64]

Yunnan

2019

cross-sectional study

Urban residents

3930

14.02%

8