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Table 6 Mean and Standard deviation of OOP and health expenditure by gender, in Nigerian Naira and US Dollars

From: Investigating determinants of catastrophic health spending among poorly insured elderly households in urban Nigeria

Mean OOPs per capita

Mean

SD

Min

Max

$

Mean out of pocket payments per capita (total sample)

2333.88

5460.77

13.00

72500.00

15.56

Mean out of pocket payments per capita (female)

2011.01

4263.55

16.25

31600.00

13.41

Mean out of pocket payments per capita (male)

2424.61

5753.10

13.00

72500.00

16.16

  1. Author’s calculations based on the NGHPS data (N = 1176). Urban elderly households sample. All figures are in Col 1–4 are in Nigerian Naira. Col 5 in US dollars. (Conversion: $1 = 150 Nigerian Naira, 2010)