Table 2.
Catastrophic healthcare payment in Ghana, 2005/2006.
| Catastrophic healthcare payment using total household expenditure |
Catastrophic healthcare payment using household non-food expenditure |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thresholds | 5% | 10% | 15% | 20% | 10% | 20% | 30% | 40% |
| Headcount | ||||||||
Catastrophic payment headcount ( ) |
11.00% | 5.16% | 3.39% | 2.56% | 10.70% | 4.91% | 3.17% | 2.43% |
Concentration index [ ] |
0.012 | –0.016 | –0.050 | –0.065 | –0.019 | –0.045 | –0.080 | –0.087 |
Weighted headcount ( ) |
10.87% | 5.24% | 3.56% | 2.72% | 10.90% | 5.13% | 3.42% | 2.64% |
| Gap measures | ||||||||
Catastrophic payment gap ( ) |
1.83% | 1.47% | 1.26% | 1.11% | 3.39% | 2.68% | 2.29% | 2.01% |
Concentration index [ ] |
–0.048 | –0.061 | –0.066 | –0.068 | –0.104 | –0.122 | –0.132 | –0.139 |
Weighted gap ( ) |
1.92% | 1.56% | 1.34% | 1.19% | 3.75% | 3.01% | 2.59% | 2.29% |
Mean positive gap ( ) |
16.66% | 28.47% | 37.22% | 43.66% | 31.72% | 54.57% | 72.26% | 82.62% |
Notes: All indicators are weighted to reflect national figures. A total of 8604 households are used in this analysis.