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




Clinics
County
hospitals
Hospitals
above county level


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,

Dib et al. International Journal for Equity in Health 2008 7:17   doi:10.1186/1475-9276-7-17