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Table 4 Standardized percentage of inpatient cancer care expenditure reaching given cutoff percentages of family income

From: Inpatient care burden due to cancers in Anhui, China: a cross-sectional household survey

Grouping criteria

Direct expenditure meeting given % income

Total expenditure meeting given % income

20 %

30 %

40 %

50 %

20 %

30 %

40 %

50 %

Age (years)

 Under 45

21.4

17.1

14.3

12.9

22.9

20.0

20.0

15.7

 45 to 54

41.9

32.3

27.4

22.6

51.6

41.9

33.9

27.4

 55 to 64

30.0

22.0

18.0

14.0

36.0

26.0

24.0

18.0

 65 to 74

56.8

43.2

43.2

38.6

59.1

50.0

43.2

43.2

 75 or over

35.7

19.0

14.3

14.3

40.5

21.4

19.0

14.3

P value

0.002

0.012

0.002

0.004

0.001

0.002

0.034

0.003

Gender

 Males

26.6

18.4

16.4

14.0

30.0

21.6

20.1

16.9

 Females

24.3

19.7

15.6

13.6

29.3

24.4

20.7

16.1

P value

0.062

0.490

0.298

0.486

0.103

0.658

0.314

0.240

Region

 Urban

22.0

16.1

14.0

12.8

26.0

19.9

17.0

14.5

 Rural

31.0

23.1

19.1

15.5

35.2

27.5

25.4

19.7

P value

0.070

0.091

0.126

0.348

0.075

0.161

0.082

0.188

Type of health insurance

 NCMC

27.8

18.8

15.4

12.4

31.7

23.8

21.1

16.3

 CEMI

9.2

8.6

7.6

7.6

12.8

9.2

8.6

8.6

 CRMI

20.5

14.8

11.4

9.1

24.3

16.8

14.8

9.1

 URMI

50.1

41.9

38.6

36.0

50.1

45.6

45.6

38.6

 Others

81.1

65.2

57.2

46.8

88.3

80.4

65.2

57.2

P value

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

Household income (quartile)

 Q1

20.4

14.9

12.9

12.5

22.5

17.0

16.6

12.9

 Q2

23.0

20.5

18.1

15.7

32.4

24.0

19.6

17.1

 Q3

41.7

26.8

21.0

15.7

44.5

33.1

31.1

22.5

 Q4

21.5

14.8

12.6

11.4

23.7

17.3

13.7

13.7

P value

0.008

0.091

0.103

0.123

0.005

0.031

0.012

0.153

Level of hospital

 Township

15.4

7.7

7.7

7.7

23.1

7.7

7.7

7.7

 County

31.1

20.5

17.2

14.8

37.7

24.6

21.3

17.2

 Prefecture

43.4

31.9

26.5

23.9

46.9

39.8

34.5

29.2

 Provence

31.4

27.1

25.7

20.0

35.7

30.0

28.6

22.9

P value

0.076

0.098

0.164

0.228

0.222

0.025

0.062

0.104

Education

 No education

26.8

21.5

19.6

19.1

32.7

25.8

23.8

20.2

 Primary school

21.2

15.5

14.0

11.2

23.0

18.5

16.2

13.3

 Middle school

28.6

17.5

11.2

7.6

35.5

21.9

16.7

12.4

 Secondary or higher school

19.4

16.0

14.5

14.5

21.0

17.9

16.0

16.0

P value

0.001

0.010

0.006

0.001

<0.001

0.003

0.003

0.019

Total

25.9

19.1

16.3

14.0

30.0

23.1

20.6

16.7

  1. Note: NCMC new corporative medical care, CEMI city employee medical insurance, CRMI city resident medical insurance, URMI urban and rural medical insurance, the power for the differences in the percentages of inpatient cancer care expenditure reaching given cutoff percentages of family income among different groups was calculated using χ 2 test