Table 3.

Levels and shares of total out-of-pocket expenditure (mean OOPs) for outpatient care

	Mean	SD	Frequency	Mean share of total OOPs	SD
Individuals who used care (n1 = 2412)
Aggregate costs (mean, sd, n, %)
Overall reported cost	6.20	0.35	100.0%	naa	na
Care users who spent >USD 0 (n2 = 2168)
Aggregate costs (mean, sd, n, %)
Overall reported OOPs	6.77	0.37	100.0%	na	na
Overall reported cost, per visit	6.61	0.37	100.0%	na	na
Itemized OOPs
Total medical cost, per visit	6.37	0.38	100.0%	97.7%	0.9%
Drugs and medicines	4.90	0.34	99.7%	62.3%	8.9%
Consultation	2.33	0.27	74.9%	32.7%	9.0%
Laboratory tests	1.05	0.12	38.5%	1.4%	0.5%
X-ray	0.63	0.26	14.1%	0.8%	0.4%
Medical products	0.02	0.01	13.2%	0.5%	0.2%
Total non-medical cost, per visit	2.71	0.58	7.6%	2.3%	0.9%
Transportation	0.45	0.22	15.0%	0.7%	0.3%
Other	0.64	0.12	19.9%	1.6%	0.7%
Health sector
Public medical	7.00	9.39	67.3%	na	na
Private medical	7.30	12.76	25.2%	na	na
Informal	3.93	8.28	7.5%	na	na
Excessive OOPs analysis groups
Low (<p50)	1.31	0.69	37.7%	na	na
Medium-high (≥p50)	3.89	0.82	27.7%	na	na
High (≥ 2 times p50)	6.87	0.80	13.5%	na	na
Extremely high (≥ 3 times p50)	21.66	15.28	21.1%	na	na
Setting
Rural	6.40	9.61	88.1%	na	na
Urban	10.88	16.15	11.9%	na	na
Study areas
Equateur	4.44	6.02	26.2%	na	na
Kasai-Occidental / Oriental	5.82	10.25	36.8%	na	na
Maniema / Orientale	9.69	11.58	37.0%	na	na
Gender
Female	7.07	10.58	55.1%	na	na
Male	6.26	10.07	44.9%	na	na
Health insurance status
Covered, any scheme	8.53	16.28	3.9%	na	na
Mutual health organization	5.22	7.80	86.6%	na	na
Employer-offered plan	19.39	29.23	12.2%	na	na
Other commercial plan	6.00	na	1.2%	na	na
Uncovered	6.70	10.28	96.1%	na	na

All estimates are weighted and reported for individuals who spent money for outpatient care

^ana Not applicable