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Table 4 Incidence and intensity of catastrophic expenditure

From: Equity of the premium of the Ghanaian national health insurance scheme and the implications for achieving universal coverage

 

5%

10%

15%

20%

Incidence (H)

0.62%

0.41%

0.21%

0.14%

Standard deviation

0.078

0.064

0.045

0.037

Overshoot (O)

0.06%

0.03%

0.02%

0.01%

Standard deviation

0.010

0.007

0.005

0.003

Mean positive overshoot (MPO)

9.67%

7.31%

9.52%

7.14%

Average expenditure

14.67%

17.31%

24.52%

27.14%

Concentration index for E i (C E )

−0.960

−0.955

−0.964

−0.954

Rank weighted incidence (HW)

1.22%

0.80%

0.41%

0.27%

Concentration index for O (C O )

−0.925

−1.106

−0.833

−0.932

Rank weighted overshoot (OW)

0.12%

0.06%

0.04%

0.02%