Table 1.
Household catastrophic out-of-pocket health payments results for variable thresholds
Initial thresholds | ||||
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5% | 10% | 15% | 25% | |
Headcount ratio | 38.0% | 22.8% | 15.3% | 6.7% |
Gap | 3.8% | 2.5% | 1.7% | 0.8% |
Source: Authors’ computations based on UNHS 2009/2010.
Note: The parameter of aversion to inequality, γ = 0.8.