Table 1 Effect of health shocks on household out-of-pocket health spending and impoverishment in low and middle income countries
Study | Country | Data source | Out-of-pocket health expenditure (%) | Poverty incidence (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Xu et al. 2003 [6] | 59 countries | Household surveys 1991-2000 | 0-10.45 (40% of CTP) | - |
Xu et al. 2007 [1] | 89 countries | Household surveys 1990-2003 | 0-10.00 (40% of CTP) | - |
Saksena et al. 2010 [12] | 51 countries | World Health Survey 2003 | 0.62-29.96 (40% of CTP | - |
Wagstaff & van Doorslaer, 2003 [5] | Vietnam | Living Standard Survey 1998 | 5.13 (40% of CTP) | 3.40%†|
14.20 (10% of TE) | 0.50%‡ | |||
Van Minh et al. 2012 [13] | Vietnam | Living Standard Survey 2010 | 4.60 (of TE) | 2.50%†|
3.90 (40% of CTP) | Â | |||
Garg & Karan, 2009 [14] | India | Consumer Expenditure Survey 1999-00 | 4.80 (of TE) | 3.24%‡ |
10.70 (of nFE) | Â | |||
Joe & Mishra, 2009 [15] | India | Consumer Expenditure Survey 2004-05 | 6.10 (of TE) | 4.40%‡ |
12.00 (of nFE) | Â | |||
Bonu et al. 2007 [16] | India | Consumer Expenditure Survey 2004-05 | 13.10 (10% of TE) | 3.50%‡ |
5.10 (40% of nFE) | Â | |||
Gosh, 2011 [17] | India | Consumer Expenditure Survey 2004-05 | 5.51 (of TE) | 4.40%‡ |
15.37 (10% of TE) | Â | |||
Arsenijevic et al. 2013 [18] | Serbia | Living Standard Measurement Survey 2007 | 5.00 (10% > up to | 1.10%†|
20% of TE) | Â | |||
Ico, RD. 2008 [19] | Philippines | Family Income and Expenditure Survey 2003 | 3.50 (10% of TE) | 14.00%†|
3.80 (10% of CTP) | Â | |||
Cavagnero et al. 2006 [20] | Argentina | National Survey on Household Expenditure & Conditions of Life Survey 1996-97 | 5.50 (40% of CTP) | 1.70%†|
Tomini & Packard, 2011 [21] | Albania | Living Standard Measurement Survey 2008 | 13.30 (of TE) | 3.61%†|
Mendola et al. 2007 [22] | 5 Western Balkan countries | Living Standard Measurement Surveys 2000-2005 | 1.14- 26.32 (10% of TE) | 0.05-2.80%± |
van Doorslaer et al. 2006 [10] | 11 Asian countries | Household surveys 1995- 2002 | 1.37-5.49 (of TE) | 0.10-3.80%|| |
0.30-3.60%± | ||||
Flores et al. 2008 [23] | India | National Sample Survey 1995–96 (Hospitalized cases) | 29.20-34.15 (10% of TE) | 7.24-7.91%‡ |
Su et al. 2006 [24] | Burkina Faso | Nouna Health District Household Survey 2000-01 | 8.66 (40% of nFE) | - |
Gotsadze et al. 2009 [7] | Georgia | Health Care Utilization and Expenditure Survey 2007 | 11.70 (40% of CTP) | - |
O’Donnell et al. 2005 [25] | 6 Asian countries | Household surveys 1996-2002 | 2.98-15.57 (10% of TE) | - |
van Doorslaer et al. 2007 [26] | 14 Asian countries | Household surveys 1995-2002 | 2.01-15.57 (10% of TE) | - |
0.21-7.13 (40% of nFE) | Â |