Table 4– Percentage of patients pursuing specific coping strategies.

Country, area, year of data collection	Taking loan %	Selling household items %	Using own savings %	Transfers from relatives %
Ghana, urban and rural, 2009 [5]	47	37
Vietnam, urban and rural, 2009 [5]	17	5
Dominican Republic, urban and rural, 2009 [5]	45	19
Tajikistan, urban and rural, 2006/2007 [29]	30	49	30
India, rural, 2000 [30]	71
India, urban and rural, 1995 [31]
Governmental hospitals	76
NGO-run hospitals	58
Private health facilities	68
Myanmar, urban, 2004 [38]
Higher socioeconomic status	27
Lower socioeconomic status	55
Thailand, nationwide, 1996/97 [40]
Income below poverty line	12	16	22	23
Income below average	9	7	21	21
Income above average	8	8	14	17
China, rural, 2002-05 [44]	8	45		66
Bangladesh, 1996 [67]	14	38
Kenya, 2008 [73]	57

NGO: nongovernment organisation.