Health inequalities and development plans in Iran; an analysis of the past three decades (1984–2010)

Table 4 Inequality measure for per capita real health expenditures and total expenditure in male-headed and female-headed in urban and rural areas; Iran: 1984-2010

Location/Inequality Measures	Urban			Rural
Location/Inequality Measures	Male-headed	Female-headed		Male-headed	Female-headed
Observations	280,570	28,165		303,895	38,636
Observations	90.88%	9.12%		88.72%	11.28%
Gini coefficient			p-value			p-value
Total health expenditure	0.7631	0.7681	0.3334	0.7352	0.7474	0.9696
Total Expenditure	0.44037	0.4826	0.0160	0.4122	0.4420	0.0573
Kakwani index
Total health expenditure	0.4687	0.4732	0.7678	0.4346	0.4472	0.0551
Total expenditure	0.1661	0.1965	0.0183	0.1471	0.1678	0.9035

Source: Authors’ calculations from Iran’s Household Expenditure and Income Survey: 1984–2010.
Notes:
1. Per Capita Total Health Expenditure and Total Expenditure were adjusted by considering CPI (1997 = 100).
2. GC and KPI reported inequalities in pool data between 1984–2010.

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