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Table 2 Wealth distribution of deliveries and caesareans

From: User fee exemptions and equity in access to caesarean sections: an analysis of patient survey data in Mali

Wealth groups*

Column A: 2006 DHS survey (sample of deliveries)

Column B: 2010 patient survey (sample of caesareans)

Ratio of column B to column A [95% CI]**

Richest 40%

34.4%

57.6%

1.67 [1.43-1.91]

Middle 20%

20.4%

15.4%

0.75 [0.61-0.89]

Poorest 40%

45.1%

27.0%

0.59 [0.47-0.71]

  1. * For simplicity, we combined the ‘poorest’ and the ‘poorer’ quintiles (poorest 40 percent), and the ‘richest’ and the ‘richer’ quintiles (richest 40 percent).
  2. ** 95-percent confidence intervals (CI) in brackets.
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International Journal for Equity in Health

ISSN: 1475-9276

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