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Table 3 The Proportion of Those Using Government Primary Care, Hospital Outpatients and Private Doctor Services in the Last Three Months That Reported Having Incurred Any Out-Of-Pocket Expenses For Use Of That Service, by Site And Service

From: Equity in the delivery of community healthcare to older people: findings from 10/66 Dementia Research Group cross-sectional surveys in Latin America, China, India and Nigeria

Sites

Government Primary Care

Hospital outpatient

Private Doctor

Weighted proportion of consultations requiring out of pocket payments

Cuba

6/1012 (0.6%)

8/659 (1.3%)

n/a

0.8%

Dominican Republic

61/222 (27.5%)

185/453 (40.8%)

303/409 (74.1%)

50.6%

Puerto Rico

13/198 (6.6%)

0/20 (0.0%)

150/1461 (10.3%)

9.7%

Peru urban

45/155 (29.0%)

44/450 (9.8%)

100/147 (68.0%)

26.5%

Peru rural

44/66 (66.7%)

15/90 (16.7%)

10/13 (76.9%)

40.8%

Venezuela

25/443 (5.6%)

13/450 (2.9%)

389/574 (67.8%)

29.1%

Mexico urban

57/362 (15.7%)

53/259 (20.5%)

177/197 (89.8%)

35.1%

Mexico rural

123/410 (30.0%)

23/111 (20.7%)

171/186 (91.9%)

44.8%

China urban

240/242 (99.2%)

269/271 (99.3%)

1/1 (100%)

99.2%

China rural

38/38 (100%)

22/22 (100%)

3/3 (100%)

100.0%

India urban

11/41 (26.2%)

16/124 (12.9%)

403/417 (96.6%)

73.9%

India rural

20/185 (10.8%)

84/307 (27.4%)

457/473 (96.6%)

58.1%

Nigeria

11/25 (44.0%)

72/108 (66.6%)

41/75 (54.7%)

59.6%