Table 5 The share of expenditure for different illnesses for the seven households whose health care expenditures exceed 40% of their capacity to pay
From: Household out-of-pocket payments for illness: Evidence from Vietnam
Illnesses | HH 1 | HH 2 | HH 3 | HH 4 | HH 5 | HH 6 | HH 7 | All |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Health care expenditure as a percentage of capacity to pay | 41% | 46% | 49% | 49% | 55% | 60% | 83% | |
Injuries | 0.0% | 0.0% | 46.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.1% |
Communicable illnesses | 39.2% | 93.4% | 20.4% | 59.9% | 87.7% | 87.4% | 94.7% | 85.0% |
Non-communicable illnesses | 59.1% | 2.6% | 33.3% | 10.2% | 12.3% | 12.2% | 0.0% | 11.1% |
Other illnesses | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Mix of illnesses | 1.7% | 4.0% | 0.3% | 29.9% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 5.3% | 1.8% |
Total % | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Total curative expenditure, 1000 VND | 406 | 3 785 | 727 | 167 | 7 834 | 1 646 | 1 310 | 15 875 |
Total expenditure 1000 VND | 1 344 | 9 668 | 1 842 | 923 | 24 847 | 3 336 | 2 501 | 44 460 |
Total health expenditure, 1000 VND | 406 | 3 785 | 727 | 177 | 12 507 | 1 646 | 1 461 | 20 709 |
Health exp/tot exp | 30.2% | 39.2% | 39.5% | 19.2% | 50.3% | 49.3% | 58.4% | 46.6% |
No of episodes | 11 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 79 |
No of HH members | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
No of persons in HH being ill | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
Episodes per person being ill | 11 | 5 | 6.5 | 8 | 3.8 | 5 | 12 | 6.1 |
Income group* | Medium | Rich | Poor | Medium | Rich | Poor | Medium | |
Total expenditure quintile | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
Most costly episode, 1000 VND | 124 | 3 403 | 334 | 50 | 1 779 | 1 230 | 470 | |
Most costly episode as a percentage of curative expenditure | 30.5% | 89.9% | 46.0% | 29.9% | 22.7% | 74.7% | 35.9% |