Skip to main content

Table 3 Measures of poverty gross and net of health payments in different groups in urban areas

From: Assessing the effects of the percentage of chronic disease in households on health payment-induced poverty in Shaanxi Province, China

 

Gross of health payment(1)

Net of health payment(2)

Difference

Absolute(3) = (2)–(1)

Relative(4) = [(3)/(1)]*100

Group 1*

 Poverty headcount

12.55%

16.87%

4.32%

34.42%

 Poverty gap(Yuan)

435.16

661.63

226.47

52.04%

 Mean positive poverty gap(Yuan)

3466.71

3922.21

455.5

13.14%

Group 2

 Poverty headcount

9.38%

16.23%

6.85%

73.03%

 Poverty gap(Yuan)

355.66

689.67

334.01

93.91%

 Mean positive poverty gap(Yuan)

3789.79

4249.15

459.36

12.12%

Group 3

 Poverty headcount

11.19%

19.77%

8.58%

76.68%

 Poverty gap(Yuan)

362.87

733.18

370.31

102.05%

 Mean positive poverty gap(Yuan)

3242.07

3708.59

466.52

14.39%

Group 4

 Poverty headcount

14.61%

26.41%

11.80%

80.77%

 Poverty gap(Yuan)

420.07

913.10

493.03

117.37%

 Mean positive poverty gap(Yuan)

2874.47

3457.51

583.04

20.28%

  1. *Group 1: percentage of chronic patients in the households was 0%; Group 2: percentage of chronic patients in the households was 1~40%; Group 3: percentage of chronic patients in the households was 41~50%; Group 4: percentage of chronic patients in the households was 51~100%