Table 1 Descriptive summary of 27 articles reporting the burden household Out-Of-Pocket healthcare expenditures in Ethiopia, 2021
Author (year) (reference number) | Region/ study area | Study design | Sample size (N) | Quality score | Quality status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
World Bank (2005) [56] | National | Report | Not specified | 6 | Low risk |
Tadele B. et al. (2005) [48] | Oromiya | Cross-sectional | 630 households | 7 | Low risk |
Wakgari D. et al. (2007) [49] | Oromiya | Cross-sectional | 2195 households | 6 | Low risk |
Pearson L et al. (2011) [53] | National | Assessment/ Cross-sectional | 751 health facilities (112 hospitals and 639 health centres). | 6 | Low risk |
Tibebe Akalu, et al. (2012) [33] | South | Cross-sectional | 1015 households | 5 | Low risk |
Mekuanenet G. et al. (2015) [38] | Amhara | Cross-sectional | 467 employees | 7 | Low risk |
Getahun B. et.al. (2016) [43] | Addis Ababa | Cross-sectional | 604 patients | 7 | Low risk |
Tolla MT. et.al. (2017) [44] | Addis Ababa | Cross sectional | 625 patients | 6 | Low risk |
Memirie ST. et.al. (2017) [55] | National | Retrospective and Prospective cohort | 686 patients | 6 | Low risk |
Bedane SN et.al. (2018) [45] | Addis Ababa | Cross-sectional | 422 patients | 7 | Low risk |
Mekonen AM. et.al (2018) [39] | Amhara | Cross-sectional | 454 households | 5 | Low risk |
Fitsum S. et al. (2018) [40] | Amhara | Cross-sectional | 346 patients | 8 | Low risk |
Abyot A. et al. (2018) [34] | South | Longitudinal | 735 patients | 7 | Low risk |
Hailemichael Y. et.al (2019) [35] | South | Comparative cross-sectional | 579 households | 7 | Low risk |
Hailemichael Y. et.al. (2019) [36] | South | Comparative ross-sectional | 257 households | 7 | Low risk |
Biniam G. et al. (2019) [37] | South | Cross-sectional | 812 women | 7 | Low risk |
Amelewerk A. et al. (2019) [46] | Addis Ababa | Cross-sectional | 422 patients | 7 | Low risk |
Miljeteig I. et al. (2019) [54] | National | Survey/ Cross-sectional | 647 physicians | 8 | Low risk |
Obse AG. et.al. (2020) [57] | National | Data from the Ethiopian Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) 2010/11 | 10,368 rural and 17,664 urban households | 7 | Low risk |
Debelo S. et.al. (2020) [51] | Benishangul-Gumuz | Cross-sectional | 488 households | 7 | Low risk |
Mizan K. et al. (2020) [13] | National | Data from the 2015/16 Ethiopian household consumption and expenditure and welfare monitoring surveys | 30, 229 households | 6 | Low risk |
Addisu B. et al. (2020) [50] | Oromiya | Cross-sectional | 354 patients | 7 | Low risk |
Assebe LF. et.al. (2020) [52] | Afar and Oromiya | Cross sectional | 1006 HIV and 787 TB participants | 5 | Low risk |
Borde MT. et.al. (2020) [14] | South | Prospective cohort | 2350 participants | 7 | Low risk |
Kasahun GG. et.al. (2020) [47] | Addis Ababa | Cross-sectional | 404 participants | 6 | Low risk |
Tsega G. et al. (2021) [41] | Amhara | Cross-sectional | 422 participants | 7 | Low risk |
Yohannes S. et al. (2021) [42] | Amhara | Cross-sectional | 302 chronically ill patients | 6 | Low risk |