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Table 9 Mean monthly total household expenditure on treatment paid to different providers

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

 

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Private hospital

Public hospital

PHC centres

PMD

Pharmacy

Herba-list

Lab.

Others

Mean expenditures on treatment by urban-rural residence

Urban

18.7 (467.1)

1,320.8 (6,357.4)

720.8 (3,595.1)

24.5 (2,98.1)

231.9 (934.5)

283.1 (1,031.8)

2.0 (48.3)

60.4 (442.9)

207.9 (5,424.1)

Rural

1.5 (44.6)

624.3 (3,776.2)

427.1 (4,970.4)

46.1 (450.4)

300.2 (1,949.0)

78.1 (1,193.9)

3.2 (112.6)

23.6 (441.8)

260.8 (3,233.9)

X2 (p-value)

1.4 (.23)

68.1 (.0001)

98.4 (.0001)

3.0 (.082)

12.7 (.0001)

435.4 (.0001)

0.43 (.51)

48.4 (.0001)

5.3 (.022)

Mean expenditures on treatment by SES

Quintile 1

2.3 (64.5)

380.5 (1,766.5)

161.9 (1,194.4)

53.8 (582.7)

340.6 (2,668.9)

99.0 (1,142.3)

5.6 (172.1)

44.0 (661.5)

263.2 (3,641.2)

Quintile 2

4.4 (120.8)

721.7 (4,411.1)

417.8 (3,338.5)

54.5 (468.1)

285.0 (1,020.8)

120.7 (1,376.8)

2.4 (42.7)

19.7 (297.9)

281.0 (2,718.9)

Quintile 3

1.0 (25.0)

903.2 (3,797.3)

608.3 (3,731.4)

19.4 (186.9)

269.2 (1,359.7)

180.9 (700.1)

1.1 (24.6)

45.9 (375.7)

481.4 (8,821.6)

Quintile 4

32.1 (698.9)

1,172.1 (4,748.1)

926.2 (6,521.5)

28.0 (270.7)

264.7 (1,076.7)

243.0 (956.1)

1.5 (45.0)

31.1 (259.7)

82.9 (1,196.6)

Quintile 5

11.5 (232.4)

1,726.4 (8,854.9)

774.2 (4,929.5)

19.4 (233.4)

166.4 (576.7)

271.5 (1,277.9)

2.4 (53.9)

71.6 (494.3)

59.3 (893.3)

X2 (p-value)

1.2 (.88)

75.8 (.0001)

105.3 (.0001)

3.6 (.47)

52.9 (.0001)

177.0 (.0001)

3.8 (.44)

35.2 (.0001)

19.0 (.0001)

CI

0.36

0.26

0.24

-0.22

-0.11

0.20

-0.25

0.13

-0.21

Total

10.3 (335.1)

979.8 (5,265.7)

577.2 (4,324.6)

35.1 (380.4)

265.3 (1,518.2)

182.8 (118.6)

2.6 (86.0)

42.4 (442.7)

233.8 (4,488.6)