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Table 10 Percentage of households incurring catastrophic payments for healthcare

From: Health equity in Lebanon: a microeconomic analysis

 

Share of overall expenditures

Share of non-food expenditures

 

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

15%

25%

40%

Head Count

23.3%

13.3%

8.4%

5.6%

3.7%

11.8%

6.0%

2.3%

Concentration Index

-0.28

-0.26

-0.24

-0.22

-0.21

-0.28

-0.26

-0.21

Weighted Head Count

30.0%

16.8%

10.5%

6.8%

4.5%

15.2%

7.5%

2.8%

Overshoot

4.3%

2.8%

1.8%

1.2%

0.8%

3.0%

1.5%

0.5%

Concentration Index

0.13

0.16

0.19

0.23

0.27

0.10

0.15

0.25

Weighted Overshoot

3.8%

2.3%

1.5%

0.9%

0.6%

2.7%

1.3%

0.4%

Mean Positive Overshoot

18.5%

20.8%

21.8%

22.3%

22.4%

   
  1. Source: Authors' estimate from 2004/2005 Household Survey