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Table 5 Impoverishing effects of OOP health expenditure

From: Households forgoing healthcare as a measure of financial risk protection: an application to Liberia

Poverty Line

% sample households below poverty line

Absolute change [(2)–(1)]

Relative change [((2)/(1))-1]

Gross of OOP Health Expenditure (1)

Net of OOP Health Expenditure (2)

Overall poverty line

53.6%

54.2%

0.6%

1.1%

Food poverty line

44.1%

45.7%

1.6%

3.6%