Table 5.

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

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