From: Inequalities in financial risk protection in Bangladesh: an assessment of universal health coverage
Household characteristics | Frequency | Percentage | 95% CI |
---|---|---|---|
Gender of household head | |||
 Male | 1447 | 90.5 | 88.6–92.1 |
 Female | 146 | 9.5 | 7.9–11.4 |
Educational status of household head | |||
 No education | 258 | 17.1 | 13.9–20.8 |
 Primary | 310 | 20.8 | 17.4–24.7 |
 Secondary | 420 | 27.2 | 24.5–30.2 |
 Higher | 605 | 34.9 | 29.2–41.1 |
Household member over 65Â years | |||
 Yes | 136 | 8.5 | 7.0–10.2 |
 No | 1457 | 91.6 | 89.8–93.1 |
Presence of illness in the last 30Â days | |||
 Yes | 1501 | 93.7 | 91.4–95.3 |
 No | 92 | 6.3 | 4.8–8.3 |
Member with chronic disease | |||
 Yes | 1148 | 71.5 | 67.4–75.2 |
 No | 445 | 28.5 | 24.8–32.6 |
Utilization of health services | |||
 Inpatient | 65 | 4.3 | 3.21–5.6 |
 Outpatient public | 253 | 16.1 | 13.6–18.9 |
 Outpatient private | 385 | 22.8 | 19.7–26.2 |
 Outpatient public and private | 105 | 6.3 | 4.7–8.4 |
 Self-medication/traditional healer | 785 | 50.6 | 45.8–55.3 |