Table 3. Catastrophic out-of-pocket payments on medicines for Iran.
| Thresholds | 40% | 30% | 20% | 10% | 40% | 30% | 20% | 10% | 40% | 30% | 20% | 10% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scenarios of medicine consumption | Share of capacity to pay exceeds thresholds (percentage) | Percentage of CHE caused by purchasing medicines (gap)* | Number of households exposed to CHE** | |||||||||
| Before any medicine consumption | 3.6 | 6.9 | 13.3 | 27.3 | ||||||||
| After purchasing amoxicillin | 3.7 | 7.1 | 13.9 | 28.6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 20 | 41 | 122 | 264 |
| After purchasing atorvastatin | 3.7 | 7.1 | 13.8 | 28.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1 | 16 | 32 | 80 | 159 |
| After purchasing metformin | 3.7 | 7.2 | 14 | 28.8 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 49 |
| After purchasing amoxicillin &atorvastatin | 3.8 | 7.4 | 14.4 | 29.8 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.5 | - | - | - | - |
| After purchasing amoxicillin & metformin | 3.9 | 7.6 | 14.6 | 30.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 3.1 | - | - | - | - |
| After purchasing atorvastatin & metformin | 3.9 | 7.5 | 14.5 | 30.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 2.9 | - | - | - | - |
| After purchasing amoxicillin & atorvastatin & metformin | 4 | 7.8 | 15.3 | 31.9 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2 | 4.6 | - | - | - | - |
| After purchasing Glucophage | 4.6 | 9.1 | 17.5 | 37 | 1 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 9.7 | 33 | 72 | 137 | 315 |
| After purchasing Lipitor | 8.4 | 15 | 27.5 | 55.1 | 4.8 | 8.1 | 14.2 | 27.8 | 764 | 1289 | 2259 | 4423 |
| After purchasing Glucophage & Lipitor | 11.4 | 19.4 | 34.2 | 64.9 | 7.8 | 12.5 | 20.9 | 37.6 | - | - | - | - |
*"Percentage of CHE caused by purchasing medicines" equals "Percentage of CHE exceeding thresholds" minus "Share of capacity to pay exceeding thresholds before purchasing medicines".
** The CHE percentage, the sample size and the prevalence were multiplied when calculating the number of households exposed to CHE. For scenarios with more than one medicine to be purchased, the prevalence of different diseases were multiplied to calculate the probability of occurrence. Therefore, a smaller number was obtained. In this case, the CHE percentages are only reported.