Table 3 Household curative health expenditures for different illness groups
From: Household out-of-pocket payments for illness: Evidence from Vietnam
Local leaders' classification | Household expenditure quintiles | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Poor | Medium | Rich | 1 (bottom) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 (top) | ||
% | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
IInjuries | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 5.4 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
Communicable illnesses | 68.3 | 58.4 | 60.7 | 61.5 | 66.2 | 64.9 | 64.5 | 51.5 | 60.6 |
Non-communicable illnesses | 22.8 | 28.6 | 28.7 | 24.2 | 22.8 | 23.5 | 25.9 | 35.7 | 27.7 |
Other illnesses | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
Mix of illnesses | 5.0 | 9.2 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 8.5 | 8.0 |
Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Curative health expenditure, VND* | 356 218 | 462 945 | 607 179 | 243 149 | 401 942 | 440 098 | 565 825 | 713 987 | 472 947 |
Total health expenditure**, VND* | 378 506 | 496 978 | 703 257 | 258 994 | 430 735 | 487 042 | 607 638 | 808 298 | 518 491 |
Total household expenditure, 1000 VND* | 7 969 | 11 628 | 19 886 | 3 559 | 6 932 | 9 637 | 14 064 | 29 421 | 12 718 |
Tot household exp/Tot household exp | 4.7% | 4.3% | 3.5% | 7.3% | 6.2% | 5.1% | 4.3% | 2.7% | 4.1% |