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Table 2 Distribution of capacity to pay and OOP costs for health care across hypertensive patients in rural Shandong, China, 2016

From: Catastrophic health expenditure: a comparative study between hypertensive patients with and without complication in rural Shandong, China

Indicators

One complication

Two or more complications

No complication

Total

Frequency

1013

91

2009

3113

Average OOPacost of health care (US$)b

 Mean

529

1133

103

272

 Median

196

609

29

53

Average annual household income

 Mean

2000

1451

2427

2260

 Median

1065

871

1306

1164

Average annual household expenditure

 Mean

2622

2722

2048

2487

 Median

2003

2220

1741

1836

Average annual household food expenditure

 Mean

706

610

732

720

 Median

610

610

610

610

Average capacity to payc

 Mean

1916

2112

1676

1767

 Median

1338

1512

1074

1161

OOP costs share of household income(%)

26.4

78.1

4.3

12.1

OOP costs share of capacity to pay(%)

27.6

53.6

6.2

15.4

  1. US$ United States dollar
  2. aOOP out-of-pocket
  3. b A currency exchange rate of Chinese RMB 689 Yuan to US$100 dollar
  4. c Capacity to pay means that household expenditure minus food expenditure