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Table 6 Catastrophic and impoverishment effects of healthcare expenditure

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

 

All respondents

Refugees

Hosts

P (chi square)

Catastrophic total healthcare expenditure at 10% of total expenditure

753/2533 (29.8%)

380/1351 (28.1%)

373/1182 (31.6%)

0.18

Catastrophic total healthcare expenditure at 25% of total expenditure

454/2533 (17.9%)

221/1351 (16.4%)

233/1182 (19.8%)

0.095

Catastrophic acute healthcare expenditure at 10% of total expenditure (of those who sought care)

675/1565 (43.1%)

354/887 (39.9%)

321/678 (47.4%)

0.055

Catastrophic acute healthcare expenditure at 25% of total expenditure (of those who sought care)

401/1565 (25.6%)

204/887 (23.0%)

197/678 (29.1%)

0.050

Catastrophic chronic healthcare expenditure at 10% of total expenditure (of those who sought care)

69/180 (38.3%)

32/93 (34.3%)

37/87 (42.5%)

0.26

Catastrophic chronic healthcare expenditure at 25% of total expenditure (of those who sought care)

47/180 (26.1%)

21/93 (22.6%)

26/87 (29.9%)

0.24

Catastrophic maternal healthcare expenditure at 10% of total expenditure (of those who sought care)

9/583 (1.5%)

1/262 (0.4%)

8/321 (2.5%)

0.048

Catastrophic maternal healthcare expenditure at 25% of total expenditure (of those who sought care)

2/583 (0.3%)

0/262 (0.0%)

2/321 (0.6%)

0.20

Poverty headcount before health expenditure

1671/2533 (66.0%)

886/1351 (65.6%)

785/1182 (66.4%)

0.659

Poverty headcount after health expenditure

1796/2533 (70.9%)

966/1351 (71.5%)

830/1182 (70.2%)

0.478

% Impoverished by health expenditure (of those not poor before health expenditure)

125/862 (14.5%)

80/465 (17.2%)

45/397 (11.3%)

0.015