Table 3.

Severity of catastrophic health expenses (CHE) among all the studied households (%)

Indicators	2003			2008			2013
	Before reimbursement	After reimbursement	Change	Before reimbursement	After reimbursement	Change	Before reimbursement	After reimbursement	Change
${\displaystyle G_{\text{CHE}}}$
Total	21.51	12.57	8.94	23.23	10.08	13.15	41.65	8.15	33.50
East	19.54	13.56	5.98	28.54	12.54	16.00	56.92	10.51	46.41
Centre	25.12	25.12	0	20.28	8.74	11.54	38.00	8.29	29.71
West	24.73	7.15	17.58	22.09	9.52	12.57	36.64	6.72	29.92
Q1	26.37	21.66	4.71	42.80	16.32	26.48	86.46	15.96	70.50
Q2	28.51	12.94	15.57	22.77	10.17	12.60	57.13	9.57	47.56
Q3	18.70	9.06	9.64	17.38	8.57	8.81	28.70	6.02	22.68
Q4	13.01	6.85	6.16	13.56	6.55	7.01	13.90	4.05	9.85
${\displaystyle MP{G}_{\text{CHE}}}$
Total	36.52	25.43	11.09	42.32	24.14	18.18	70.61	23.35	47.26
East	33.46	26.88	6.58	48.54	26.97	21.57	89.67	26.58	63.09
Centre	29.31	29.31	0	40.94	22.73	18.21	66.53	23.33	43.20
West	46.82	18.95	27.87	39.00	23.09	15.91	62.91	21.16	41.75
Q1	37.07	30.46	6.61	54.41	26.90	27.51	100.24	27.17	73.07
Q2	47.15	26.50	20.65	38.38	22.96	15.42	77.61	22.19	55.42
Q3	30.72	19.84	10.88	34.12	21.86	12.26	52.38	20.65	31.73
Q4	29.93	21.01	8.92	36.42	23.48	12.94	42.32	22.03	20.29