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Table 2 Household health expenditure characteristics by wealth quintile, household level, 2012 and 2013

From: Equitable realization of the right to health in Haiti: how household data inform health seeking behavior and financial risk protection

 

Poorest

Poorer

Middle

Richer

Richest

Mean

2012

 Total household expenditures (THexp)

76,975 (70,425)a

126,883 (115,544)a

170,640 (158,897)a

219,003 (206,179)a

366,512 (296,538)a

191,976 (151,893)a

 OOP payments for health (in HTG)

3978 (422)a

6587 (1112)a

5693 (1644)a

7136 (2056)a

17,066 (4220)a

8091 (1390)a

 OOP payments for health, % THexp

3.94%

3.64%

2.96%

2.9%

3.68%

3.42%

 CHE, 10% THexp

11.62%

10.27%

8.50%

7.27%

9.49%

9.43%

2013

 THexp

97,090 (77,739)a

140,174 (134,005)a

187,095 (163,182)a

243,332 (220,968)a

353,562 (294,244)a

204,209 (165,993)a

 OOP payments for health

58,864* (218)a

7188 (495)a

10,203 (1542)a

10,984 (2379)a

10,778 (2181)a

19,630 (1329)a

 OOP payments for health, % of THexp

7.99%

4.09%

4.30%

3.38%

2.61%

4.46%

 CHE, 10% THexp

18.20%

13.07%

13.52%

9.63%

4.49%

11.54%

  1. a median; top OOP payment spenders were 4 households within the lowest quintiles where they spent between HTG 91,000 – 1,077,000 on health care