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Table 1 Multidimensional poverty indicator system for health care

From: Assessing the impact of public transfer payments on the vulnerability of rural households to healthcare poverty in China

Dimensions

Indicators

Threshold of deprivation

Weight

Enabling

health insurance

Access to the health insurance(Yes = 0, No = 1)

1/6

Health need

Chronic illness

Whether or not chronic illness has been in the last six months(Yes = 1, No = 0)

1/6

Bronchitis illness

Whether or not bronchitis illness has been in the last six months(Yes = 1, No = 0)

1/6

Asthma illness

Whether or not asthma illness has been in the last six months(Yes = 1, No = 0)

1/6

Hospitalization

Whether or not entering the hospital in the past 12 months (Yes = 1, No = 0)

1/6

Health status

The health status by self-reported (range from 0 ~ 7score, below 4 as poor and over 4 as good health level)

1/6

  1. Source: CFPS 2014,2016 and 2018 based on A-F method and Andersen model [52, 54, 56]