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Table 3 Percent of patients who sought facility-based care and made an OOP payment, by consumption quintile (1 = most poor, 5 = least poor) and type of care, 2009–2012

From: Barriers to universal health coverage in Republic of Moldova: a policy analysis of formal and informal out-of-pocket payments

Year/Consumption Quintile

Outpatient

Inpatient

Medicines

2009

   

Quintile 1 (poorest)

7.4 %

26.6 %

70.9 %

Quintile 2

12.9 %

17.3 %

68.8 %

Quintile 3

16.1 %

32.1 %

71.2 %

Quintile 4

18.6 %

37.5 %

69.3 %

Quintile 5 (least poor)

32.0 %

30.7 %

52.4 %

2010

   

Quintile 1 (poorest)

9.2 %

31.2 %

65.0 %

Quintile 2

11.8 %

20.9 %

76.1 %

Quintile 3

13.5 %

32.5 %

71.7 %

Quintile 4

20.2 %

53.5 %

65.6 %

Quintile 5 (least poor)

31.9 %

33.0 %

57.2 %

2011

   

Quintile 1 (poorest)

6.9 %

27.2 %

80.0 %

Quintile 2

8.0 %

34.0 %

82.3 %

Quintile 3

10.2 %

20.4 %

81.7 %

Quintile 4

19.9 %

40.3 %

72.5 %

Quintile 5 (least poor)

28.6 %

37.5 %

58.6 %

2012

   

Quintile 1 (poorest)

9.5 %

36.2 %

77.5 %

Quintile 2

8.7 %

31.5 %

77.9 %

Quintile 3

12.8 %

11.1 %

76.9 %

Quintile 4

13.0 %

30.4 %

71.9 %

Quintile 5 (least poor)

29.2 %

35.0 %

57.4 %

  1. Source: National Bureau of Statistics, Household Budget Survey (annual)