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Table 4 CHE Incidence and Intensity, by different thresholds

From: Households forgoing healthcare as a measure of financial risk protection: an application to Liberia

Threshold

As a share of total expenditure

As a share of capacity to pay (non-food expenditure)

10%

25%

30%

40%

CHE Incidence (95% CI)

[HH count]

1.7% (1.3–2.2%) [70]

0.4% (0.2–0.6%) [19]

2.1% (1.7–2.5%) [102]

1.4% (1.0–1.7%) [69]

CHE Intensity (95% CI)

14.4% (7.4–21.4%)

34.0% (14.5–53.6%)

37.4% (22.7–52.0%)

44.6% (24.2–65.0%)

Concentration Index

−0.03

− 0.44b

−0.24c

− 0.33c

Weighted CHE Incidence

1.8%

0.5%

2.6%

1.8%

  1. a = significant at the 0.05 level, b = significant at the 0.01 level, c = significant at the 0.001 level