Table 2 Incidence and intensity of CHE in elderly households
Catastrophic threshold (share of non-food household expenditure) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
20% | 30% | 40% | 50% | 60% | ||
Entire elderly households | Headcount | 44.53% | 33.62% | 25.64% | 19.59% | 13.90% |
Overshoot | 13.03% | 9.14% | 6.21% | 3.95% | 2.28% | |
Mean positive overshoot | 29.22% | 27.20% | 24.19% | 20.14% | 16.27% | |
Rural elderly households with chronic disease patients | Headcount | 51.64% | 39.68% | 30.57% | 23.46% | 16.93% |
Overshoot | 15.66% | 11.10% | 7.60% | 4.88% | 2.85% | |
Mean positive overshoot | 30.33% | 27.98% | 24.85% | 20.82% | 16.85% | |
Urban elderly households with chronic disease patients | Headcount | 38.73% | 28.44% | 22.03% | 17.23% | 10.50% |
Overshoot | 10.92% | 7.57% | 5.08% | 3.10% | 1.64% | |
Mean positive overshoot | 28.18% | 26.63% | 23.06% | 17.97% | 15.66% | |
Rural elderly households that did not report chronic disease | Headcount | 29.10% | 20.84% | 13.54% | 9.58% | 7.19% |
Overshoot | 7.52% | 5.05% | 3.33% | 3.10% | 1.34% | |
Mean positive overshoot | 25.85% | 24.24% | 24.57% | 22.69% | 18.61% | |
Urban elderly households that did not report chronic disease | Headcount | 14.86% | 9.87% | 8.23% | 5.12% | 3.12% |
Overshoot | 3.82% | 2.60% | 1.72% | 1.07% | 0.67% | |
Mean positive overshoot | 25.70% | 26.28% | 20.84% | 20.88% | 21.51% | |
Diff-1 | Headcount | 0.1200** | 0.1042** | 0.0808** | 0.0579** | 0.0520** |
(S.D.) | 0.0136 | 0.0131 | 0.0123 | 0.0113 | 0.0100 | |
Overshoot | 0.0446** | 0.0332** | 0.0237** | 0.0166** | 0.0109** | |
(S.D.) | 0.0058 | 0.0048 | 0.0038 | 0.0029 | 0.002 | |
Diff-2 | Headcount | −0.2214** | −0.1790** | −0.1521** | −0.1294** | −0.0934** |
(S.D.) | 0.0131 | 0.0125 | 0.0115 | 0.0105 | 0.0092 | |
Overshoot | −0.0763** | −0.0561** | −0.0396** | −0.0254** | −0.0141** | |
(S.D.) | 0.0055 | 0.0045 | 0.0036 | 0.0027 | 0.0019 | |