Calculation of poverty line of the new rural cooperative medical system
AIM:To ascertain poverty line of the new rural cooperative medical system(NCMS)in different economic levels districts.METHODS:The data came from Ningbo city's special investigation of cooperative medical system between 2005 and 2006.The model of extended linear expenditure system(ELES)was used to estimate the local's poverty line.RESULTS:The poverty line of the NCMS is RMB 4410 per capital.CONCLUSION:The poverty line which could meet the basic needs of rural resident's living standards is RMB 4410,the poverty line can take as a reference when analysis the economic risk for medical service (ERMS)and the critical line of "the poverty because of illness"for rural residents in Ningbo city.
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