From: Household out-of-pocket payments for illness: Evidence from Vietnam
Household total expenditure quintiles | Total | |||||
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1 (bottom) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 (top) | ||
Number of persons | 377 | 576 | 567 | 600 | 607 | 2727 |
Number of household members | 3.0 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.4 |
Percent of persons suffering from at least one episode of illness | 93.6% | 92.2% | 93.3% | 92.5% | 93.3% | 92.9% |
Total number of illness episodes | 1 303 | 1 749 | 1 668 | 1 929 | 1 731 | 8 380 |
Episodes of illness per person having suffered at least one episode of illness | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
Percent of illness episodes where no drugs or services were used | 4.5% | 3.5% | 3.0% | 2.7% | 1.9% | 3.0% |