Table 8

Household healthcare expenditure as percentage of household expenditure by household income group*

Ambulatory healthcare expenditureTotal health care
Income groupAll householdsHouseholds reporting illnessAll householdsHouseholds reporting illness
*Mean percentages of poor and non-poor households significantly different in all four cases (p<0.01).
Poor
number of households438335438335
mean13.417.416.821.9
(95% CI)(10.8 to 16.0)(14.2 to 20.6)(12.6 to 21.0)(16.7 to 27.1)
median4.79.05.310.0
Non-poor
number of households218158218158
mean3.24.55.68.2
(95% CI)(2.4 to 4.0)(3.3 to 5.7)(2.8 to 8.4)(4.4 to 12.0)
median1.12.51.32.7
Total
number of households656493656493
mean10.013.313.217.5
(95% CI)(8.2 to 11.8)(11.1 to 15.50)(10.2 to 16.2)(13.7 to 21.3)
median2.65.02.86.3