Fig. 5.

Catastrophic health spending in last reported year by adults aged 50 years or older with chronic illness, by household income and country, in six middle-income countries, 2007–2010

Notes: Chronic illness was defined as being diagnosed with at least one chronic disease. Catastrophic health spending in the last year was defined as the household spending more on health in the last reported year than 30% of annual household income, after deduction of food expenditure. Household income quintiles were based on annual household per capita income. The greater the distance between quintiles, the greater the effect of household income on the likelihood of catastrophic health spending.