The impact of increased reimbursement rates under the new cooperative medical scheme on the financial burden of tuberculosis patients

Table 6 Financial burden of TB patients before and after intervention

residence	Mean per capita income of rural residents (RMB)		OOP/per capita income of rural resident (%)
residence	baseline	intervention	baseline	intervention	intervention-a	intervention-b
ZJ	9169	15 285	33	13^***	6^***	22^***
YD	9096	15 035	26	14^**	12^***	15
WF	3815	7146	54	21^***	15^***	24
Total	7027	11 837	35	16^***	11^***	20^**

Data source: NCMS database
Note: intervention-a indicates reimbursement data for TB patients included in the project and intervention-b reimbursement data for TB patients excluded from the project
TB Tuberculosis, ZJ Zhijiang City, YD Yidu City, WF Wufeng City, OOP Out-of-pocket payment
^**, ^***: significant at the 5, and 1% levels, respectively

ISSN: 2049-9957