Table 3.
premium and threshold benefits coverage for hospitalization expenditures at each experimental county
| Regions | Minimum premium medical insurance coverage (Mean ± SD) |
Threshold benefit insured coverage |
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| Clinics | County hospitals |
Hospitals above county level |
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| Economically less developed regions | 188.00 ± 55.73 | 320.00 ± 63.25 | 480.00 ± 122.93 | 5930.00 ± 2061.31 |
| Economically developed regions | 296.15 ± 116.30 | 503.85 ± 165.15 | 742.31 ± 165.15 | 22846.15 ± 20099.11 |
| P-Value | 0.118 | 0.054 | 0.132 | 0.005 |
Insurance costs are represented in RMB.
* Exchange rate during the last 2 years: 1 USD = 8 RMB Jan 2006; 1 USD = 7.46 RMB Sept 2007,