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Table 2 Sensitivity analysis of catastrophic out-of-pocket healthcare payments at various threshold levels

From: Catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment in households of persons with depression: a cross-sectional, comparative study in rural Ethiopia

Mental health conditions

Catastrophic healthcare expenditure measures as a share of total consumption

Threshold level

5%

10%

15%

25%

Depression and high disability

Headcount (%)

46.1

24.0

11.5

5.7

Overshoot (%)

4.0

2.6

2.0

1.2

Mean positive overshoot (%)

8.8

17.3

17.5

21.5

Depression and low disability

Headcount (%)

38.8

15.3

9.2

5.5

Overshoot (%)

3.5

1.9

1.2

0.5

Mean positive overshoot (%)

8.1

9.1

10.4

13.9

Comparison without depression

Headcount (%)

32.9

12.1

6.0

2.4

Overshoot (%)

1.9

0.9

0.4

0.02

Mean positive overshoot (%)

5.9

7.2

7.6

8.7

  1. Bold, significant at P < 0.05 for Pearson’s χ2 comparing catastrophic head count by depression sub-groups