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Table 2 OOPE among different income quintiles

From: How costly is the first prenatal clinic visit? Analysis of out-of-pocket expenditure in rural Sri Lanka - a country with free maternal health care

Income Quintile (USD)

OOPE (USD)

n (%)

OOPE on household Income (%)

OOPE on household cost (%)

Mean (SD)

Median (IQR)

1

<  170.08

8.79 (13.83)

2.83 (1.13–11.06)

383 (27.6%)

4.4%

3.6%

2

170.09–215.44

10.30 (13.76)

3.12 (1.13–17.29)

192 (13.8%)

4.5%

5.1%

3

215.45–255.13

15.28 (24.13)

3.40 (1.13–21.97)

277 (19.9%)

4.8%

5.9%

4

255.14–368.52

10.31 (18.86)

2.83 (0.85–11.34)

282 (20.3%)

2.5%

3.9%

5

> 368.53

10.12 (18.32)

3.01 (1.13–16.44)

255 (18.4)

1.3%

4.1%