Table 3.
Mean overall expenditure per patient by different subgroups among patients attending cancer treatment services in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2018
| Subgroup variables | Mean overall expenditure per patient (SD) ($) |
|---|---|
| By type of cancer | |
| Breast cancer | 2325 (2776) |
| Cervical cancer | 1308 (722) |
| Colorectal cancer | 2931 (3287) |
| NPC | 1652 (486) |
| Others | 2842 (6751) |
| By type of health facility | |
| Private | 5341 (10814) |
| Government | 2177 (3410) |
| By history of visit at private health facility | |
| Visited | 2870 (5256) |
| Not visited | 1494 (822) |
| Have no history of visit at private health facility by type of cancer | |
| Breast cancer | 1658 (923) |
| Cervical cancer | 1074 (581) |
| Colorectal cancer | 2144 (806) |
| NPC | – |
| Others | 1446 (653) |
| Have a history of visit at private health facility by type of cancer | |
| Breast cancer | 2799 (3479) |
| Cervical cancer | 1616 (783) |
| Colorectal cancer | 3150 (3673) |
| NPC | 1652 (486) |
| Others | 3454 (8035) |
| Catastrophic | 2495 (4745) |
| By their catastrophic level | |
| Not catastrophic | 1990 (2324) |
| By gender | |
| Male | 2704 (5293) |
| Female | 2243 (3822) |
| By marital status | |
| Single | 3751 (8255) |
| Divorced | 2598 (1873) |
| Married | 2244 (3736) |
| Widowed | 1174 (761) |
| By residence | |
| Addis Ababa | 2223 (4310) |
| Out of Addis Ababa | 2464 (4236) |
| By educational level | |
| No formal education | 1674 (913) |
| Grade 1–8 | 1685 (771) |
| Grade 9–12 | 2306 (2986) |
| College/certificate and above | 3310 (6716) |
| By occupational status | |
| Retired | 3229 (8288) |
| Employed (private/government) | 2455 (3024) |
| Own private business | 2396 (2038) |
| Housewife/Husband | 2164 (4488) |
| Others | 1842 (1022) |
---: There are no cases of NPC with history of visit at private health facility; SD Standard deviation; 1 US$ =23.41 Ethiopian Birr (ETB)