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. 2014 Feb 13;43(6):1763–1775. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00193413

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.