Table 4.

Payment mechanisms that were used to pay for healthcare for people that consumed healthcare services

Payment mechanism for the respondents
	Abakaliki (urban)		Ezilo (semi-urban)		Nkalagu (rural)		Eke-na-ene (rural)		Enugu (urban)		Udi (semi-urban)
	N = 229		N = 244		N = 333		N = 209		N = 321		N = 174
	n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)
OOPs	210	91.7	205	56.0	273	2.0	184	88.0	311	96.9	119	68.4
Reimbursement	6	2.6	7	4.6	19	5.7	6	2.9	2	0.6	15	8.6
Health insurance	0	0	3	0.8	1	0.3	1	0.5	3	0.9	7	4.0
Installment payment	0	0	15	4.1	17	5.1	18	8.6	24	7.5	30	17.2
In-kind	0	0	2	0.5	4	1.2	2	1.0	2	0.6	1	0.6
Others	13	5.7	9	2.4	19	5.7	9	4.4	9	2.7	2	1.2
Payment mechanism for other household members
	N = 268		N = 253		N = 349		N = 192		N = 326		N = 148
	n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)
OOPS	265	98.9	204	80.6	308	88.3	157	81.8	298	91.4	118	79.7
Reimbursement	2	0.7	17	6.7	7	2.0	6	3.1	6	1.8	13	8.8
Health insurance	0	0	6	2.4	1	0.3	3	1.6	5	1.5	10	6.8
Installment	1	0.4	19	7.5	23	6.6	17	8.9	14	4.3	1	0.7
In-kind	0	0	1	0.4	3	0.9	0	0	0	0	1	0.7
Others	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0