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Table 1 Patient characteristics for c-section patients at KDH (N = 340)

From: Does community-based health insurance protect women from financial catastrophe after cesarean section? A prospective study from a rural hospital in Rwanda

 

Median (IQR) or n (%)

Age

26 (22–31)

Insurance

330 (97.1%)

 None

10 (2.9%)

 Private

20 (5.9%)

 CBHI:

310 (91.2%)

  Ubudehe Category 1

50 (16.1%)

  Ubudehe Category 2/3

260 (83.9%)

Travel time to health center (min)

30 (15–45)

Travel time to hospital (min)

240 (60–720)

Length of stay (days)

3 (3–4)

Health conditions (n = 339)

 HIV

3 (0.9%)

 Obesity

0 (0%)

 Diabetes

0 (0%)

 Anemia

0 (0%)

Occupation

 Farmer

234 (68.8%)

 Unskilled labor

43 (12.6%)

 Employed

29 (8.5%)

 Self-employed

30 (8.8%)

 House-wife

4 (1.2%)

Household size

4 (3–5)

Marital status (n = 339)

 Single

32 (9.4%)

 Married

133 (39.2%)

 Living with a partner

173 (51.0%)

 Divorced

0 (0.0%)

 Widowed

1 (0.3%)

Reported Annual Incomea

$1489.71 ($893.83–$2234.57)

Expenditures (n = 338)

 Calculated annual household expenditureb

$439.01 (259.04, 610.87)

 Daily expenditure/person, medianb

$0.30 ($0.17–$0.45)

  1. aConverted to USD using 2017 PPP
  2. bConverted to USD using 2018 nominal exchange rate