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Table 4 Impoverishing effect of sampled rare diseases

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

Rare disease

Urban

Rural

Impoverishment rate (‰)

Impoverishment population (1,000)

Impoverishment rate (‰)

Impoverishment population (1,000)

DMD

0.0006

0.43

0.0008

0.46

AS

0.0015

1.08

0.0084

4.76

TSC

0.0663

48.45

0.0880

49.86

ALS

0.0436

31.86

0.0500

28.33

IPF

0.1670

121.98

0.1670

94.62

PAH

0.0500

36.52

0.0500

28.33

GD

0.0100

7.30

0.0100

5.67