Table 1.
Expenditure | Total households (HH) | HH with expenditure > 0 | Total health expenditure | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Categories | Average exp. | Percentage | Average exp. | Number of HH | Percentage |
Prescription fee | 6.79 | 6.59 | 34.59 | 1,183 | −b) |
OTC pharmaceuticals | 10.88 | 10.55 | 41.08 | 1,596 | 13.00 |
Therapeutic aids | 44.28 | 42.96 | 86.04 | 3,100 | 5.00 |
Physician servicesa | 26.55 | 25.76 | 207.42 | 771 | 71.00 |
Other expenditure | 14.58 | 14.14 | 54.12 | 1,623 | 11.00 |
Total OOPP | 103.08 | 100.00 | 136.68 | 4,543 | 100.00 |
aIncludes inpatient and outpatient physician services as well as dental services
bPrescription fees are not a health expenditure category in this expenditure classification. The source for the last column is [31]