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Table 5 Mean catastrophic payment gap in catastrophic health expenditures (CHEs) before and after reimbursement in 2009 and 2012

From: Does the new cooperative medical scheme reduce inequality in catastrophic health expenditure in rural China?

Threshold

Before reimbursement (A) (%)

After reimbursement (B) (%)

Reduction by NCMS

A–B

2009

2012

2009

2012

2009

2012

20 %

17.62

22.42

13.79

12.49

3.83

9.93

30 %

12.43

15.78

9.06

7.90

3.37

7.88

40 %

8.33

10.52

5.82

4.47

2.51

6.05

50 %

5.69

6.89

3.52

2.39

2.17

4.50

60 %

3.71

4.35

1.91

1.18

1.80

3.17