Table 3.

Patient’s annual OOPE for HTN care (USD-PPP) by insurance scheme. Santa Cruz, Medellín-Colombia, 2016.

	Number and % of HTN patients with OOPE				Mean OOPE of HTN patients with expenditure on the item		Mean OOPE of all HTN patients		% of the total OOPE of all HTN patients
	Contributory*		Subsidised*		Contributory	Subsidised	Contributory	Subsidised	Contributory	Subsidised
Direct medical expenses
Pharmacotherapy	125	61.3	43	20.9	53.54	67.66	32.83	14.12	17.0	13.7
Scheduled consultations	89	43.6	9	4.4	14.98	6.65	6.54	0.27	3.4	0.3
Hospitalisations	2	1.0	4	1.9	259.60	160.36	2.54	3.14	1.3	3.1
Laboratory tests	63	30.9	10	4.9	10.92	8.17	3.35	0.38	1.7	0.4
Spontaneous consultations	11	5.4	2	1.0	41.43	6.87	2.22	0.05	1.1	0.1
Radiology	28	13.7	3	1.5	10.28	9.19	1.41	0.11	0.7	0.1
Emergency care	6	2.9	0	0.0	67.60	0.00	2.00	0.00	1.0	0.0
Sub-total medical expenses	149	73.0	49	23.8	69.71	76.20	50.89	18.12	26.4	17.6
Direct non-medical expenses
Transport related to HTN consultations	173	84.8	73	35.4	93.78	86.80	79.50	30.77	41.2	29.9
Food bought during HTN consultations	40	19.6	25	12.1	77.56	44.46	15.20	5.41	7.9	5.3
Non-pharmacological treatment	9	4.4	12	5.8	1,039.15	830.82	45.86	48.40	23.7	47.1
Administrative procedures related to HTN consultations	2	1.0	1	0.5	169.71	20.34	1.68	0.11	0.9	0.1
Sub-total non-medical expenses	173	84.8	87	42.2	167.71	200.43	142.24	84.64	73.6	82.4
TOTAL	191	93.6	112	54.4	206.27	189.02	193.13	102.76	100.0	100.0

OOPE: out-of-pocket expenditure; HTN: hypertension/hypertensive; USD-PPP: US Dollars at Purchasing Power Parity.

*Out of 204 and 206 HTN patients insured in the contributory and subsidised scheme, respectively.