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Table 2 Health expenditure burden and CHE incidence among households with different characteristics

From: Degree of protection provided by poverty alleviation policies for the middle-aged and older in China: evaluation of effectiveness of medical insurance system tools and vulnerable target recognition

  

OOP (yuan)

CTP (yuan)

Health expenditure burden (%)

Incidence of CHE (%)

Household economic level

Poorest

113.20

489.32

23.13

21.30

Sub-poverty

251.23

1 071.53

23.45

20.94

General

367.13

1 827.85

20.09

17.12

Sub-rich

649.91

3 297.26

19.71

16.39

Richest

2 203.49

10 710.16

20.57

20.67

Number of elderly people aged 65 and above in the household

0

657.05

4 036.86

16.28

13.80

1 person

675.17

2 747.19

24.58

21.75

2 persons

920.28

2 807.15

32.78

30.70

Number of persons with disabilities in the household

0

648.13

3 526.92

18.38

17.47

1 person

1 010.77

3 343.36

30.23

25.61

2 persons

984.64

2 847.34

34.58

34.58

Cardiovascular disease

No

683.59

3 422.47

19.97

18.03

Yes

987.86

3 915.44

25.23

28.90

Chronic respiratory diseases

No

700.32

3 490.71

20.06

18.59

Yes

973.04

3 321.17

29.30

28.87

Cancer

No

675.29

3 424.75

19.72

18.96

Yes

3 903.01

7 498.19

52.05

43.09

Diabetes

No

709.06

3 450.79

20.55

18.93

Yes

899.00

4 007.65

22.43

25.74

Number of chronic diseases

0

601.20

3 333.03

18.04

15.81

1

697.83

3 495.99

19.96

21.95

≥ 2

1 130.36

3 924.20

28.81

26.22

Outpatient in the past month

No

587.73

3 287.12

17.88

16.56

Yes

1 360.96

4 421.29

30.78

32.63

Hospitalized in the past year

No

582.30

3 390.35

17.18

15.28

Yes

1 392.35

3 918.24

35.54

39.02

  1. OOP out-of-pocket health expenditure, CTP household's capacity to pay