Table 7. Self-reported sources of funds to pay for medical care (%).
Cameroon | Mali | South Africa | Tanzania | All Sites | |||||||
DM | MC | DM | MC | DM | MC | DM | MC | DM | MC | DM/MC | |
Current household income | 80.7 | 67.7 | 61.4 | 43.3 | 70.4 | 69.1 | 86.4 | 90.3 | 75.1 | 67.2 | 1.1 |
Social welfare support | 3.4 | 0.8 | 36.2 | 19.8 | 67.1 | 55.0 | 12.6 | 9.9 | 25.8 | 17.8 | 1.5 |
Donations by employers or agencies | 0.8 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
Nearby friends or family | 51.5 | 36.3 | 9.7 | 8.5 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 34.4 | 22.2 | 27.6 | 19.7 | 1.4 |
Family living abroad | 11.9 | 5.2 | 27.8 | 17.1 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 11.6 | 6.8 | 1.7 |
Savings | 28.2 | 28.3 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 16.3 | 14.3 | 6.0 | 9.1 | 13.5 | 14.3 | 0.9 |
Borrowing | 40.4 | 24.6 | 5.4 | 1.0 | 19.3 | 4.7 | 10.7 | 13.5 | 19.0 | 11.6 | 1.6 |
Selling possessions | 6.0 | 1.0 | 5.6 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 4.2 |
Selling housing or land | 9.3 | 2.4 | 8.5 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 5.2 | 1.2 | 4.2 |