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Table 4 Incidence and intensity of catastrophic health expenditure

From: Assessing the impoverishing effects, and factors associated with the incidence of catastrophic health care payments in Kenya

 

Total healthcare costs

Transport

Total (Healthcare plus transport)

Head count

 Socio-economic status

  1 (poorest)

9.92% (8.38–11.47%)

5.91% (4.51–7.32%)

15.68% (13.81–17.54%)

  2

4.56% (3.81–5.31%)

1.12% (0.76–1.54%)

7.18% (6.24–8.11%)

  3

4.47% (3.67–5.28%)

0.76% (0.04–1.03%)

5.81% (4.94–6.69%)

  4

2.75% (2.19–3.32%)

0.25% (0.10–0.41%)

3.61% (2.95–4.27%)

  5 (Richest)

1.92% (1.39–2.47%)

0.00% (0.00–0.02%)

2.40% (1.81–2.99%)

 Regions

  Urban

3.59% (2.92–4.25%)

0.38% (0.16–0.59%)

4.30% (3.58–5.02%)

  Rural

5.01% (4.47–5.53%)

2.02% (1.59–2.46%)

7.78% (7.06–8.50%)

  Weighted total head count

4.52% (4.10–4.93%)

1.46% (1.15–1.76%)

6.58% (6.03–7.12)

Overshoot

 Socio-economic status

  1 (poorest)

11.22% (7.63–14.81%)

5.74% (2.73–8.76%)

19.44% (13.87–25.01%)

  2

4.25% (2.72–5.78%)

0.41% (0.26–0.56%)

5.64% (3.98–7.31%)

  3

2.37% (1.62–3.13%)

0.27% (0.14–0.39%)

3.30% (2.40–4.20%)

  4

1.73% (1.01–2.39%)

0.07% (0.00–0.13%)

2.11% (1.38–2.84%)

  5 (Richest)

   

 Regions

  Urban

2.16% (1.45–2.86%)

0.10% (0.02–0.19%)

2.56% (1.81–3.33%)

  Rural

4.58% (3.48–5.68%)

1.68% (0.86–2.49%)

7.39% (5.73–9.05%)

Weighted overshoot (OW)

3.75% (2.98–4.51%)

1.14% (0.60–1.67%)

5.73% (4.60–6.86%)

Concentration index, C_E

−0.30 (−0.35–−0.26)

−0.69 (−0.77–−0.61)

−0.35 (−0.39–−0.32)

Concentration Index, C_O

−0.53 (−0.71–−0.34)

−0.80 (−1.11–−0.49)

−0.57 (−0.72–−0.41)