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Table 3 Trends in health financing for households with and without older people

From: Financial access to health care for older people in Cambodia: 10-year trends (2004-14) and determinants of catastrophic health expenses

Variable

2004

2009

2014

Capacity to pay (US$)a

   

 Households without older people

107.8

162.0

199.7

 Households with older people

102.1

164.2

189.6

  Rural

80.4

122.7

158.0

  Urban

221.5

345.4

308.4

Out-of-pocket payments as proportion of capacity to pay (%)

   

 Households without older people

8.0

6.2

6.5

 Households with older people

10.8

9.7

9.6

  Rural

11.1

10.7

10.6

  Urban

9.3

5.5

5.9

Catastrophic expenses at 40 % threshold (%)

  

 Households without older people

6.4

4.3

4.3

 Households with older people

9.2

7.7

6.5

  Rural

9.6

8.7

7.2

  Urban

7.3

3.1

3.6

Catastrophic expenses at 10 % threshold (%)

  

 Households without older people

21.7

17.9

18.3

 Households with older people

29.3

27.6

28.3

  Rural

30.0

30.0

31.1

  Urban

25.5

16.7

17.7

Impoverishment (%)

   

 Households without older people

3.2

2.3

0.9

 Households with older people

4.6

2.8

1.0

  Rural

4.8

3.0

0.9

  Urban

3.3

2.2

1.3

Indebted for paying health care costs (%)

   

 Households without older people

5.0

4.0

2.5

 Households with older people

4.8

3.3

2.2

  Rural

5.3

3.6

2.5

  Urban

2.0

2.0

1.0

  1. aConstant 2014 KHR converted to US$