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Table 1 Household catastrophic out-of-pocket health payments results for variable thresholds

From: Assessing catastrophic and impoverishing effects of health care payments in Uganda

 

Initial thresholds

 

5%

10%

15%

25%

Headcount ratio

38.0%

22.8%

15.3%

6.7%

Gap

3.8%

2.5%

1.7%

0.8%

  1. Source: Authors’ computations based on UNHS 2009/2010.
  2. Note: The parameter of aversion to inequality, γ = 0.8.