Parent-reported health care expenditures associated with autism spectrum disorders in Heilongjiang province, China

Table 4 Percentages of Health care expenditure in household income and total household expenditure*

	Mean (%)	Thresholds (%)	N(%)
Per-capita health expenditure as a percentage of per-capita household income
Urban	70.5	< 50	94 (53.4)
		50-100	47 (26.7)
		100-150	19 (10.8)
		150-200	4 (2.3)
		≥ 200	12 (6.8)
Rural	128.5	< 50	21 (30.9)
		50-100	21 (30.9)
		100-150	3 (4.4)
		150-200	7 (10.3)
		≥ 200	16 (23.5)
Per-capita health care expenditure as a percentage of per-capita household expenses (2007 provincial statistics)^†
Urban	44.1	< 9.7	19 (10.7)
		≥ 9.7	158 (89.3)
Rural	51.1	< 8.7	8 (11.9)
		≥ 8.7	59 (88.1)

*Data were missing for 46 families; ^†Compared with provincial statistics for 2007, the per-capita health expenses accounted for 9.7% of all household expenses in urban areas and 8.7% in rural areas.

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