Incidence of catastrophic expenditures linked to obstetric and neonatal care at 92 facilities in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2015

Table 3 Incidence of catastrophic expenses by HZ, type and sector of health care facility, Lubumbashi, DRC, 2015

Variables	Total	Incidence of CE (%)	RR	95% CI	p
Health Zones					< 0.001
Lubumbashi	274	25.9	1
Katuba	181	32.6	1.3	0.9–1.7
Mumbunda	126	18.3	0.7	0.5–1.1
Vangu	127	17.3	0.7	0.4–1.0
Kisanga	133	15.0	0.6	0.4–0.9
Ruashi	354	11.6	0.5	0.3–0.6
Kamalondo	61	8.2	0.3	0.1–0.7
Tshiamilemba	103	7.8	0.3	0.2–0.6
Kenya	82	4.9	0.2	0.1–0.5
Kampemba	186	4.3	0.2	0.1–0.3
Type of facility					< 0.001
Health center	684	11.6	1
Sendwe (provincial referral hospital)	74	23.0	2.0	1.2–3.1
General referral hospital	574	20.0	1.7	1.3–2.3
University Clinics of Lubumbashi (UCL)	75	18.7	1.6	0.9–2.6
Polyclinics	220	16.4	1.4	0.9–2.0
Sector of ownership					< 0.001
Private, religious^a	214	6.1	1
Public	655	20.5	3.4	2.0–5.8
Para-statal commercial	108	12.0	2.0	1.1–4.1
Private, non-religious	650	15.5	2.6	1.5–4.5

^aUsed for comparison because these are the health facilities in which the price of care is most stable and where care is perceived by women to be of good quality

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