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. 2015 Oct 14;14:94. doi: 10.1186/s12939-015-0230-7

Table 1.

Expenditure for total OOPP and OOPP categories

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]