Impact of an innovative financing and payment model on tuberculosis patients’ financial burden: is tuberculosis care more affordable for the poor?

Table 2 Out-of-pocket health expenditure before and after intervention by income group (RMB)

Income group	Before intervention		After intervention		% change		P-value
Income group	Mean	Median	Mean	Median	Mean	Median	(Means)
< 4369 RMB	2876	1428	5961	2700	107.3	89.1	< 0.001
4369–12 647 RMB	3656	1752	6169	2780	68.7	58.7	0.002
> 12 647 RMB	4409	2400	4972	2570	12.8	7.1	0.4
Overall	3576	1752	5791	2700	61.9	54.1	< 0.001

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