Equitable realization of the right to health in Haiti: how household data inform health seeking behavior and financial risk protection

Table 1 Descriptive statistics of Models 1 and 2, household level, in Haitian Gourdes (HTG)^a

Variable description	2012				2013
Variable description	Observation	Proportion	Mean	Standard Deviation (SD)	Observation	Proportion	Mean	Standard Deviation (SD)
Household level	4930				2241
Household Expenditure	4930		191,976	172,722	2241		204,209	153,315
Rate of Catastrophic Health Expenditures (CHE)	4930		9.43%		2241		11.54%
Health OOP payments, household level	4930		8091	28,632			19,630	178,073
Health OOP payments-Individual level	4930		1507	5520			3089	33,605
Household size	4930		6.05	2.73			6.12	2.77
Household has under 4-years children	4930	51.54%				49.60%
Household has elderly	4930	20.16%				20.69%
Household head is male	4930	57.18%				55.51%
Household lives in urban area	4930	47.97%				48.35%
Literate household head	4930	61.58%				65.89%
Region
North		20.62%				20.29%
South		14.74%				13.55%
Transversal		23.29%				24.73%
West		19.32%				19.18%
Metropolitan		22.02%				22.25%
Households sick the last 30 days					2241	18%
Households who sought care when sick					2241	76%
Health Insurance					2241	1.7%
Households who used outpatient services					2241	18%
Households who used inpatient services					2241	3%

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