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Table 5 Total, acute, chronic and maternal healthcare expenditure for refugee and host community households

From: Assessing equity of access and affordability of care among South Sudanese refugees and host communities in two districts in Uganda: a cross-sectional survey

Expenditure type

Community

Mean annualised household healthcare expenditure by wealth quintile, USD

Concentration index

Gini index

Kakwani index

(Concentration index – Gini index)

  

Q1 (poorest)

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q5 (wealthiest)

   

Total healthcare expenditure (all households)

Total

26.75

50.56

77.53

77.09

146.96

0.297 , p<0.0001

0.409, p<0.0001

-0.112 p=0.00047

Refugees

27.23

49.13

74.47

70.15

159.57

0.333 p<0.0001

0.366, p<0.0001

-0.033, p=0.482

Hosts

25.42

55.59

72.7

91.48

129.91

0.270 p<0.0001

0.456, p<0.0001

-0.186 p=0.0002

Acute healthcare expenditure (of those who sought care)

Total

47.98

74.10

104.52

108.39

158.43

0.208, p<0.0001

0.396, p<0.0001

-0.189 p<0.0001

Refugees

47.87

67.01

104.15

95.89

164.42

0.243, p<0.0001

0.362, p<0.0001

-0.118, p=0.0018

Hosts

47.30

84.82

104.85

130.35

147.10

0.179, p<0.0001

0.438, p<0.0001

-0.260, p<0.0001

Chronic healthcare expenditure (of those who sought care)

Total

25.78

39.61

92.84

81.97

329.31

0.511, p<0.0001

0.408, p<0.0001

0.102, P=0.402

Refugees

19.44

34.87

61.19

67.46

339.45

0.592, p<0.0001

0.358, p<0.0001

0.233, p=0.260

Hosts

26.67

36.81

69.65

145.62

308.39

0.451, p<0.0001

0.456, p<0.0001

-0.004, p=0.977

Maternal healthcare expenditure (of those who sought care)

Total

2.62

4.01

4.36

4.01

5.12

0.100, p=0.0556

0.405, p<0.0001

-0.305, p<0.0001

Refugees

0.71

3.40

3.41

4.21

2.20

0.151, p=0.0152

0.350, p<0.0001

-0.199, p=0.00246

Hosts

3.84

5.56

5.29

3.52

6.68

0.087, p=0.197

0.448, p<0.0001

-0.361, p<0.0001