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Table 3 Incidence and intensity of catastrophic health expenditure for TB care by household economic status, China 2012

From: Factors that determine catastrophic expenditure for tuberculosis care: a patient survey in China

Catastrophic expenditure

% of household income

% of non-food expenditure

10 %

25 %

40 %

10 %

25 %

40 %

Head Count (HC,%)

      

 Q1a

94.1

83.2

71.8

94.8

82.2

71.2

 Q2

82.6

48.8

28.9

90.8

75.6

63.9

 Q3

63.4

30.1

19.6

84.1

59.6

50.3

 Q4

41.3

15.9

8.9

81.5

55.1

40.8

 Total

66.8

42.3

31.3

87.1

66.5

54.7

P-value

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

Mean Catastrophic Payment Gap (%)

     

 Q1

111.2

98.0

86.9

117.4

104.3

93.2

 Q2

32.4

22.0

16.4

67.6

55.5

45.4

 Q3

22.6

15.2

11.5

55.9

45.6

37.5

 Q4

9.1

5.1

3.3

51.9

41.8

34.7

 Total

40.8

32.8

27.7

72.0

60.9

52.1

Mean Positive Gap (%)

      

 Q1

119.3

121.7

129.6

124.5

129.6

136.3

 Q2

39.3

45.6

58.0

74.9

74.6

73.3

 Q3

35.6

50.5

58.8

66.6

77.3

75.4

 Q4

22.0

32.4

37.7

63.7

76.2

85.7

 Total

62.2

81.8

96.3

83.2

93.2

98.3

  1. Note: The bold values indicate statistical significance at 5 % level. a: Quartile 1 (Q1) is the poorest and Quartile 4 (Q4) is the richest