Table 4 Cost burden and catastrophic health expenditure in different socioeconomic condition
From: Economic costs of hospitalized diarrheal disease in Bangladesh: a societal perspective
Income group | Direct cost as percentage of monthly household income | Percentage of household spending for healthcare expenditure as a share of monthly household income | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10% | 15% | 20% | 25% | ||
Poorest quintile (≤10,000) | 21.45% (17.32%-25.58%) | 49.20% (43.66%-54.75%) | 40.51% (35.18% - 46.08%) | 31.83% (26.88% - 37.23%) | 27.01% (22.35% - 32.23%) |
2nd quintile (10,001- 12,000) | 11.6% (9.18%-14.02%) | 39.64% (30.94% - 49.05%) | 26.13% (18.77% - 35.12%) | 16.22% (10.43% - 24.33%) | 9.91% (5.55% - 17.06%) |
3rd quintile (12,001-18,000) | 9.35% (7.92%-10.79%) | 31.84% (26.04%-38.26%) | 16.14% (11.86%-21.59%) | 10.31% (6.94% - 15.06%) | 7.17% (4.43% - 11.41%) |
4th quintile (18,001-30,000) | 6.45% (5.27%-7.64%) | 20.62% (16.10%-26.02%) | 10.12% (6.97% - 14.46%) | 5.84% (3.54% - 9.47%) | 2.33% (1.05% - 5.11%) |
Upper quintile (30,000+) | 4.21% (3.34%-5.08%) | 8.22% (4.71%-13.95%) | 4.79% (2.29% - 9.75%) | 4.11% (1.85% - 8.87%) | 1.37% (0.34% - 5.34%) |
Overall | 11.75% (10.37%-13.14%) | 31.77% (29.02% - 34.66%) | 21.37% (18.99% - 23.97%) | 15.36% (13.30% - 17.68%) | 11.35% (9.57% - 13.43%) |
Rich–poor ratio | 0.196 | 0.167 | 0.118 | 0.129 | 0.051 |
Rich–poor difference | −17.240 | −40.980 | −35.720 | −27.720 | −25.640 |