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Table 4 The percent of episodes and health expenditure for different illnesses related to households' capacity to pay

From: Household out-of-pocket payments for illness: Evidence from Vietnam

 

The ratio (x) of total household health expenditures to household capacity to pay

  
 

x ≤ 10%

10% <x ≤ 20%

20% <x ≤ 30%

30% <x ≤ 40%

40% <x

All

 

Episodes %

Expenditure %

Episodes %

Expenditure %

Episodes %

Expenditure %

Episodes %

Expenditure %

Episodes %

Expenditure %

Episodes %

Expenditure %

Injuries

3.3

3.4

3.3

2.2

3.5

0.5

4.0

0.7

1.3

2.1

3.3

2.5

CD

59.8

58.6

67.6

62.9

63.4

72.9

62.4

36.2

69.6

85.0

61.4

60.6

NCD

27.8

29.0

20.1

19.5

23.9

23.4

23.5

58.6

20.3

11.1

26.2

27.7

Other

1.4

1.8

1.3

1.0

1.6

0.3

1.3

0.3

-

-

1.4

1.2

Mix

7.8

7.3

7.8

14.4

7.6

2.9

8.7

4.2

8.9

1.8

7.8

8.0

Total

100

100.0

100

100.0

100

100.0

100

100.0

100

100.0

100

100.0

No of episodes

6 423

 

1 415

 

314

 

149

 

79

 

8 380

 

Average house-hold health exp

 

304 612

 

855 601

 

1 617 974

 

2 072 108

 

2 267 829

 

472 947

No. of house-holds

502

81

19

12

7

621

  1. CD = communicable illnesses, NCD = non-communicable illnesses, Other = other illnesses, Mix = mix of illnesses