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Table 7 Proportion of patients reporting OPE in 2011, by district and economic status

From: Out-of-pocket expenditures for primary health care in Tajikistan: a time-trend analysis

 

N

Payment to doctor (%)ª

Prescription of medicine (%) b

District

    
 

Dangara

234

20.1

84.2

 

Varzob

154

40.9

76.6

 

Shahrinav

160

65.0

91.3

 

Tursunzade

239

72.8

83.3

Economic position

    
 

Highest 20%

156

68.0

83.3

 

Middle 40%

316

56.7

82.6

 

Lowest 40%

315

32.7

85.4

  1. a The differences are significant across districts (P<0.001) and across economic position (P<0.001).
  2. b The differences are significant across districts (P=0.006), but not across economic position.