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Table 1 Incidence of catastrophic health expenditure and its distribution: 2005–2015

From: Evolution of catastrophic health expenditure in a high income country: incidence versus inequalities

 

2005/06

2010/11

2015/16

CHE (SE)

2.57% (0.00008)

1.79% (0.00007)

0.46% (0.00003)

Distribution of CHE by:

 Capacity to pay

  CI (CCI)

−0.390*** (− 0.400)

− 0.299*** (− 0.294)

−0.758*** (− 0.762)

 Regions NUT II

  |CI| (|CCI|)

0.019*** (0.019)

0.010*** (0.010)

0.354*** (0.356)

 Household types

  |CI| (|CCI|)

0.520*** (0.534)

0.316*** (0.322)

0.740*** (0.743)

  1. Notes: CHE catastrophic health expenditure, CI concentration index, CCI corrected concentration index, |CI| absolute value of concentration index, |CCI| absolute value of corrected concentration index; SE-standard error
  2. *** p < 0.01
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International Journal for Equity in Health

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