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Table 2 Inequalities in catastrophic payment and distress financing related to health care costs, Bangladesh, 2011

From: Inequalities in financial risk protection in Bangladesh: an assessment of universal health coverage

 

Catastrophic payments

Distress financing

Household consumption quintile, % (95% CI)

 Quintile 1 (poorest)

14.3 (10.3–19.6)

11.7 (8.3–16.4)

 Quintile 2

9.7 (6.2–15.0)

7.6 (4.9–11.7)

 Quintile 3

9.2 (5.7–14.5)

6.1 (3.1–11.8)

 Quintile 4

7.1 (4.3–11.4)

4.8 (2.6–8.6)

 Quintile 5 (richest)

3.4 (1.7–6.4)

3.9 (2.0–7.7)

Inequality index, (95% CI)

 Slope index of inequality (Q5-Q1)

−12.0 (−18.6 to −5.4)

−9.3 (−15.0 to −3.5)

 Relative index of inequality (Q5:Q1)

0.3 (0.1–0.5)

0.3 (0.1–0.5)

 Concentration index

−0.2 (−0.3 to −0.1)

−0.2 (−0.3 to −0.1)

  1. CI Confidence interval