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Table 3 Number and proportion of households that incurred CHE (Threshold value = 40%)

From: Income related inequality and influencing factors: a study for the incidence of catastrophic health expenditure in rural China

Income-based group

2009

2010

Average OOP health expenditure (yuan RMB)

Average household CTP (yuan RMB)

n(%) of households with CHE

Average OOP health expenditure (yuan RMB)

Average household CTP (yuan RMB)

n(%) of households with CHE

Quintile 1 (poorest)

1432.18

4592.76

88 (30.99)

1292.70

6039.48

57 (15.88)

Quintile 2 (poorer)

1927.26

11,390.38

34 (11.93)

1956.88

14,510.45

34 (9.47)

Quintile 3 (middle)

2393.90

20,093.24

25 (8.77)

2721.48

25,678.46

19 (5.29)

Quintile 4 (richer)

3626.07

30,071.82

24 (8.42)

2938.91

41,251.86

16 (4.46)

Quintile 5 (richest)

6648.21

72,925.79

23 (8.07)

4453.47

118,844.6

13 (3.61)

Total

3206.77

27,831.11

194 (13.62)

2673.68

41,308.16

139 (7.74)

  1. OOP out-of-pocket, CTP capacity to pay