Table 1 Key outcome variables identified based on the ALP framework
Healthcare seeking path | Outcome variables |
|---|---|
Perceived health care needs | 1) number of self-reported emergent illness episodes |
Health service use | |
 Informal care | 2) self-treatment |
 Formal care | 3) outpatient service use |
| Â | 4) inpatient service use |
Payment for health care | 5) total OOP health expenditure |
Financial burden of health care | 6) catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) during the survey period |