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Table 4 Results of the incidence and severity of catastrophic medical payments among all the studied families

From: Role of the new rural cooperative medical system in alleviating catastrophic medical payments for hypertension, stroke and coronary heart disease in poor rural areas of China

Variables

Poor families†

Non-poor families‡

Total

N. of family *

324

198

522

H cat (%) #

64.8

29.3

44.4

G cat (%)

131.3

18.4

66.4

MPG cat (%)

202.7

62.9

149.6

  1. †Poor families indicate those with an annual income of less than RMB1300/$208.1 per capita.
  2. ‡Non-poor families indicate those with an annual income of RMB1300/$208.1 per capita or above.
  3. *N. of family indicates the number of families with CMP.
  4. #Statistics: χ2 = 146.82, P < 0.001.
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