Constraints to universal coverage: inequities in health service use and expenditures for different health conditions and providers

Table 8 Monthly health expenditure in public facilities fore households which incurred expenditure > 0.

	Outpatient care, public sector facilities Mean (SD)	Inpatient care, public sector facilities Mean (SD)
By urban-rural areas
Urban	2,859.0 (66,829.0) n = 3,074	19,603.1 (31,354.6) n = 94
Rural	1,622.1 (4,089.3) n = 2,322	15,153.0 (24,241.5) n = 127
X2 (p-value)	22.1 (.00001)	2.1 (.15)
by SES
Quintile 1	1,393.9 (3,972.7) n = 1,183	14,004.1 (19,706.5) n = 39
Quintile 2	1,511.2 (4,249.0) n = 1,061	10,860.0 (11,769.1) n = 40
Quintile 3	1,644.3 (3,664.2) n = 1,042	22,280.6 (39,679.3) n = 40
Quintile 4	1,741.5 (3,711.1) n = 1,129	18,240.5 (30,125.0) n = 51
Quintile 5	1,973.0 (4,517.6) n = 970	19,140.6 (27,197.0) n = 50
X2 (p-value)	37.8 (.00001)	7.7 (.10)
CI	0.07	0.08

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