Table 3 Use of health care and household’s expenditure
Variables | Frequencies (%) |
|---|---|
Use of health care | |
Types of illness/Symptom | |
 Malaria | 230 (46.18) |
 Infection/injuries | 34 (6.45) |
 Intestinal worms | 30 (5.69) |
 Hypertension | 26 (4.93) |
 Others | 66 (9.17%) |
Source of treatment | |
 Self-medication | 161 (29.93) |
 Traditional healers | 17 (3.16) |
 Referral hospitals | 78 (14.50) |
 Dispensaries | 67 (12.45) |
 District hospitals | 129 (23.98) |
 Private health facilities | 85 (15.80) |
Household’s expenditure | |
 Mean OOP health expenditure (medical & nonmedical) (FCFA)* | 29, 434.2 |
 Mean household food expenditure (FCFA) | 106, 675.3 |
 Mean household non-food expenditure | 204, 206.2 |
 Mean household total expenditure | 310, 881.5 |
 Concentration Index (retirees and the still -employed) | 0.0063 |