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Table 2 Brest cancer out-of-pocket, catastrophic, and impoverishment health expenditures by SES quintiles (Monthly data-$US)

From: Incidence of household catastrophic and impoverishing health expenditures among patients with Breast Cancer in Iran

Expenditure indexes

Percent of households with CHE at different threshold

OOP expenditures

(SD)

Percent of impoverished households

40%

20%

10%

SES Quintiles

Q1 (poorest)

22.22

33.33

44.44

69.97 (66.95)

18.52

Q2

11.11

18.52

29.63

68.70 (53.51)

0.00

Q3

11.11

25.93

33.33

82.33 (63.18)

3.70

Q4

14.29

28.57

53.57

128.22 (119.52)

3.57

Q5 (richest)

10.34

31.03

41.38

140.83 (98.94)

0.00

All households

13.77

27.54

40.58

97.87 (89.30)

5.07

Q1:Q5 ratio

1.61

1.21

1.10

0.50

3.65b

Chi square for trend (P-value)

2.24 (0.69)

1.78 (0.78)

4.07 (0.40)

4.81 (0.001)a

13.37 (0.01)

  1. aOne-way ANOVA test is used
  2. bis the result of first quintile by the average value