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Table 1 Demographic and social characteristics of TB patients by county %, 2012

From: Implementing a “free” tuberculosis (TB) care policy under the integrated model in Jiangsu, China: practices and costs in the real world

 

DT (n = 84)

YZ (n = 82)

JR (n = 97)

Total (n = 263)

Age

 <30

3.6

7.3

6.2

5.7

 30–59

45.2

32.9

33.0

36.9

 60+

51.2

59.8

60.8

57.4

Sex

 Male

69.0

74.4

75.3

73.0

 Female

31.0

25.6

24.7

27.0

Type of residence

 Rural

96.4

84.2

87.6

89.3

 Urban

3.6

14.6

11.4

9.9

 Unified residence (hukou)b

0.0

1.2

1.0

0.8

Health insurance

 None

0.0

6.1

0.0

1.9

 NCMS

89.3

68.3

86.6

81.7

 Othera

10.7

25.6

13.4

16.4

  1. Data source: TB patient survey
  2. aOther included the Urban Employee Basic Medical insurance, the Urban Residence Basic Medical insurance, and commercial health insurance
  3. b hukou is the household registration system in China. It’s usually a dichotomy—rural hukou or urban hukou. In rare cases, it may be unified