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Table 4 Incidence of catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment due to OOP health payments

From: The impact of community-based health insurance on health service utilization and financial risk protection in Ethiopia

Measures of catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment due to OOP health spending

CBHI members

Non-members from CBHI woredas

Non-members from non-CBHI woredas

Total

Catastrophic and impoverishing health expenditures from OOP health expenditure (including direct medical and direct non-medical expenses)

 Incidence of catastrophic health expenditure by different thresholds

 > 10% of total expenditure

7.80

9.80

12.60

9.50

 > 25% of total expenditure

0.50

1.70

1.30

1.20

 ≥ 40% of non-food expenditure

2.50

4.50

3.80

3.70

 Impoverishment due to health spending

Absolute increase in poverty headcount

1.90

1.20

3.40

1.80

Absolute increase in poverty gap (ETB)

67.59

64.16

112.01

73.09

Absolute increase in normalized poverty gap

0.70

0.60

1.10

0.70

Catastrophic and impoverishing health expenditures from OOP health expenditure only for direct medical expenses

 Incidence of catastrophic health expenditure by different thresholds

 > 10% of total expenditure

6.40

9.20

11.20

8.50

 > 25% of total expenditure

0.40

1.30

1.30

1.00

 ≥ 40% of non-food expenditure

1.40

3.60

3.80

2.80

 Impoverishment due to health spending

Absolute increase in poverty headcount

2.30

1.20

3.60

2.00

Absolute increase in poverty gap (ETB)

82.26

70.32

119.79

82.67

Absolute increase in normalized poverty gap

0.80

0.70

1.20

0.80