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. 2019 Aug 20;14:204. doi: 10.1186/s13023-019-1165-7

Table 7.

Payment structure of TTC for patients with rare diseases during 2014 to 2016 (by year)

Total(mean& medium) By year
2014 2015 2016
Reimbursement rate(%) 67.1(72.1) 72.9(76.0) 67.6(71.3) 60.3(70.0)
Proportion of OOPa 32.9(27.9) 27.1(24.0) 32.4(28.7) 39.7(30.0)
Copay rate(%) 22.2(14.9) 16.6(10.1) 22.6(15.8) 27.7(15.0)
Selfpay rate(%) 10.7(0.9) 10.5(2.7) 9.8(0.0) 12.0(0.6)

a: the national annual report data showed that proportion of OOP in health pay was 33.9%m 32.0 and 29.3% respectively