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Table 3 Incidence and intensity of catastrophic health expenditure by economic status and patient composition in rural Shandong, China, 2016

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

CHE

No complication

One complication

Two or more complications

Total

Head Count (HC,%)

 Q1a

11.2

35.4

60.9

21.7

 Q2

5.7

25.9

48.0

13.8

 Q3

4.4

21.7

42.9

11.6

 Q4

3.2

17.9

36.4

6.9

 Total

6.1

25.3

47.3

13.6

Mean Gap(%)

 Q1

4.8

31.4

61.2

15.5

 Q2

3.0

16.1

41.0

8.8

 Q3

1.3

12.5

35.9

5.4

 Q4

1.1

7.2

12.2

3.1

 Total

2.5

16.8

38.0

8.3

Mean Positive Gap (%)

 Q1

42.9

88.5

100.5

71.4

 Q2

52.0

61.9

85.4

63.8

 Q3

29.5

57.7

83.7

46.6

 Q4

34.4

39.8

33.5

44.9

 Total

41.0

66.5

80.3

61.1

  1. a Quartile 1(Q1) is the poorest and Quartile 4(Q4) is the richest