Catastrophic expenditure and impoverishment of patients affected by 7 rare diseases in China

Table 3 Catastrophic effect of expenditures and sensitivity analysis of sampled rare diseases

Rare disease	Threshold	The minimum annually income to avoid catastrophe	Catastrophe rate		Catastrophe population
Rare disease	Threshold	The minimum annually income to avoid catastrophe	Urban (‰)	Rural (‰)	Urban (1,000)	Rural (1,000)
DMD	30 %	5147	0.0021	0.0112	1.56	6.93
	40 %	3860	0.0015	0.0078	1.09	4.85
	50 %	3088	0.0011	0.0058	0.81	3.61
AS	30 %	32168	0.0125	0.0200	9.33	12.37
	40 %	24126	0.0086	0.0181	6.41	11.18
	50 %	19301	0.0058	0.0162	4.37	10.04
TSC	30 %	171563	0.0880	0.0880	65.93	54.44
	40 %	128673	0.0880	0.0880	65.93	54.44
	50 %	102938	0.0880	0.0880	65.93	54.44
ALS	30 %	235900	0.0500	0.0500	37.46	30.93
	40 %	176925	0.0500	0.0500	37.46	30.93
	50 %	141540	0.0500	0.0500	37.46	30.93
IPF	30 %	368861	0.1670	0.1670	125.11	103.32
	40 %	276646	0.1670	0.1670	125.11	103.32
	50 %	221317	0.1670	0.1670	125.11	103.32
PAH	30 %	1029380	0.0500	0.0500	37.46	30.93
	40 %	772035	0.0500	0.0500	37.46	30.93
	50 %	617628	0.0500	0.0500	37.46	30.93
GD	30 %	8578167	0.0100	0.0100	7.49	6.19
	40 %	6433626	0.0100	0.0100	7.49	6.19
	50 %	5146900	0.0100	0.0100	7.49	6.19

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