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Table 4 Financing of deliveries and related out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure among mothers recruited to the 2004 Pelotas Birth Cohort Study, Pelotas, Brazil, 2004.

From: Can mothers rely on the Brazilian health system for their deliveries? An assessment of use of the public system and out-of-pocket expenditure in the 2004 Pelotas Birth Cohort Study, Brazil

 

Financing mode*

OOP expenses*

 

SUS

Health plan

Private

with delivery

 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Reference wealth quintiles (IEN)**

    

   1

906 (98.5)

13 (1.4)

1 (0.1)

1 (0.1)

   2

782 (95.4)

36 (4.4)

2 (0.2)

2 (0.2)

   3

773 (90.5)

64 (7.5)

17 (2.0)

17 (2.0)

   4

523 (73.5)

145 (20.4)

44 (6.2)

50 (7.0)

   5

213 (33.7)

312 (49.4)

107 (16.9)

110 (17.4)

Covered by private health plan

    

   No

2537 (97.7)

--

60 (2.3)

66 (2.5)

   Yes

660 (49.2)

570 (42.5)

112 (8.3)

115 (8.6)

Health plan covers hospitalization***

    

   No

418 (86.4)

--

66 (13.6)

67 (13.8)

   Yes

188 (24.2)

544 (69.6)

46 (5.9)

48 (6.2)

All

3197 (81.1)

570 (14.5)

172 (4.4)

181 (4.6)

  1. * all cross-tabulation χ2 tests with p < 0.001
  2. ** Classified according to reference quintiles estimated for Pelotas.
  3. *** Only mothers who were covered by a private health plan