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Table 2 Expenditure inequalities among medical travelers

From: Evaluation of public subsidy for medical travel: does it protect against household impoverishment?

Indicator

Income quintiles

 

p value (between quintiles)

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q5

Overall

Total (N)

172

154

227

137

125

815

 

Medical expenditure abroad (USD PPP)

670.4 (268.2,1566.8)

670.4 (257.4,1340.9)

603.4 (223.9,1633.8)

626.2 (205.2,1475)

536.3 (211.9,1340.9)

670.4 (243.4,1542)

0.952

Non-medical expenditure abroad (USD PPP)

2274.8 (1644.2,3111.8)

2516.8 (1794.8,4062.8)

2695.1 (1749.2,4026.6)

2449.8 (1652,3531.9)

2650.9 (1717.7,3763.8)

2481.9 (1711.6,3731.6)

0.025

OOP medical expenditure abroad (USD PPP)

321.1 (64,927.5)

293 (59,804.5)

272.2 (67,804.5)

348.6 (101.9914.5)

284.3 (73.7804.5)

295 (67,871.6)

0.984

Medical expenditure by government abroad (USD PPP)

0 (0,268.2)

0 (0,477.7)

0 (0,592.7)

0 (0,434.4)

0 (0,234.7)

0 (0,418.4)

0.963

Annual OOP household expenditure on health (USD PPP)

1158.5 (473,2536.6)

1151.8 (512.9,3261.3)

1224.2 (431.8,2781)

1469.6 (690.5,3137.6)

1627.8 (429.1,3727.6)

1311.4 (513.6,3118.9)

0.369

Annual OOP household expenditure on food (USD PPP)

3372.3 (2364,4890.2)

5127.5 (3248.9,6527.4)

5261.6 (3719.6,8165.9)

6259.2 (3856.3,8595)

8418 (5571.3,11,126.5)

5213.3 (3381.7,7571.9)

< 0.001

Annual OOP household expenditure on non-food (USD PPP)

2543 (1527.3,4349.1)

3811.4 (2448.4,7327.2)

4081.6 (2677.7,8495.1)

5492.2 (2551.7,11,786.2)

4355.1 (2015.3,8887.3)

3810.8 (2174.2,7964.8)

< 0.001

  1. Note: P values are from Kuskal-Wallis and Ranksum tests