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. 2011 Jun 27;10:26. doi: 10.1186/1475-9276-10-26

Table 4.

Distribution of total health financing as a proportion of household consumption expenditure by quintile in Ghana

Financing sources

Socio-economic status General taxa NHILa NHI contributionsb OOP paymentsa
Quintile 1 (poorest) 1.50% 0.55% 0.08% 2.87%
Quintile 2 1.62% 0.59% 0.09% 2.83%
Quintile 3 1.84% 0.64% 0.09% 2.61%
Quintile 4 2.31% 0.73% 0.11% 2.18%
Quintile 5 (richest) 3.17% 0.98% 0.13% 2.76%

aGLSS 2005/2006 data bSHIELD 2008 data