Catastrophic health care expenditure in Myanmar: policy implications in leading progress towards universal health coverage

Table 6 Share of OOPPs in each income quintile that is spent on each service: equivalized basic needs line, standard WHO approach (Partial normative food spending method)

Percentage of each income quintile that is spent on each service		2013						2015
		Medicines	Medical products	Outpatient care	Dental	Travel	Inpatient care	Medicines	Medical products	Outpatient care	Dental	Travel	Inpatient care
Catastrophic expenditure (20% threshold)	Poorest	52.60	1.41	20.32	0.00	2.36	23.32	35.12	0.14	43.43	0.21	1.62	19.47
	2nd	51.26	0.00	29.36	0.14	1.62	17.63	21.54	0.38	31.49	0.00	2.11	44.49
	3rd	46.04	0.00	22.80	1.90	1.82	27.44	22.02	0.90	38.48	0.00	6.07	32.53
	4th	48.28	0.02	38.06	0.00	1.96	11.69	25.91	3.90	28.76	0.06	4.38	37.00
	Richest	54.13	0.11	19.56	0.00	1.65	24.55	27.07	0.00	21.43	0.01	3.65	47.84
Catastrophic expenditure (30% threshold)	Poorest	46.46	2.02	19.95	0.00	2.20	29.37	16.16	0.00	57.04	0.00	1.17	25.64
	2nd	50.86	0.00	25.56	0.19	1.95	21.44	18.34	0.00	31.20	0.00	2.19	48.26
	3rd	45.01	0.00	19.26	2.22	1.46	32.06	17.30	1.12	39.19	0.00	5.99	36.40
	4th	48.17	0.01	37.43	0.00	0.82	13.58	24.49	4.83	23.98	0.00	3.39	43.32
	Richest	52.21	0.14	17.00	0.00	1.90	28.75	26.51	0.00	16.56	0.00	3.41	53.52
Catastrophic expenditure (40% threshold)	Poorest	38.19	3.35	27.71	0.00	2.88	27.86	7.86	0.00	67.67	0.00	1.75	22.73
	2nd	42.95	0.00	22.43	0.00	0.95	33.67	12.11	0.00	30.54	0.00	2.53	54.82
	3rd	36.40	0.00	20.98	3.35	2.05	37.21	21.02	0.10	41.68	0.00	2.49	34.72
	4th	40.95	0.01	42.35	0.00	0.95	15.74	24.64	5.24	18.61	0.00	2.96	48.54
	Richest	48.94	0.17	16.49	0.00	2.33	32.07	24.92	0.00	13.47	0.00	2.73	58.89

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