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Table 3 Coverage and effectiveness of indigent targeting according to eligibility criteria applied

From: Low coverage but few inclusion errors in Burkina Faso: a community-based targeting approach to exempt the indigent from user fees

 

Coverage

Effectiveness of targeting

    

Targeting coefficient

 

Eligible

Non-eligible

 

Ratio

Difference

Eligibility criteria

(1)

(2)

Total

(1)/(2)

(1)-(2)

Poverty line

     

   Number of individuals

42,367

53,486

95,853

  

   Number of beneficiaries

153

92

245

  

Coverage (A)

0.36%

0.17%

-

2.1

0.19%

Extreme poverty line

     

   Number of individuals

8,818

87,035

95,853

  

   Number of beneficiaries

69

176

245

  

Coverage (B)

0.78%

0.20%

 

3.9

0.58%

Coverage ratio (B)/(A)

2.17

1.18

-

1.84

3.07

  1. Table 3 show the coverage ratios between eligible and non-eligible populations