ABSTRACT
Objective To analyze the basics and influencing factors for the medical expenditure of poor patients of tumor and end-stage renal diseases in Hubei province,and put forward policy recommendations for the critical illness insurance and health poverty alleviation.Methods 535 patients with tumor and end-stage renal diseases in Wuhan,Xiangyan and Shiyan in Hubei province were selected for a questionnaire survey,with 415 of the questionnaires subject to data analysis.Single factor variance analysis and multiple linear regression were used to analyze the influencing factors for their medical expenditure.Results 83.9% of the patients held their medical costs as too high;84.6% of them complaining significant drop of their annual family income due to their diseases; disposable household income of urban patients higher than their rural counterparts both before and after their disease; types of medical insurance and diseases are significant influencing factors for medical expenditure.Conclusions Poverty rate is high among patients of such patients.To reduce their financial burden,the government is recommended to cover more major diseases,enhance support for those of critical illness and improve the medical assistance system.