Table 2 Impoverishing impact of OOP healthcare payments (rural/urban) in Ghana using the $1.25/day poverty line, 2005/06
Rural | Urban | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Gross of health payment(1) | Net of health payment(2) | Absolute 3 = (2)-(1) | Relative [(3)/(1)]*100 | Gross of health payment (1) | Net of health payment(2) | Absolute 3 = (2)-(1) | Relative [(3)/(1)]*100 |
Poverty headcount | 24.60% | 26.55% | 1.95% | 7.92% | 4.60% | 5.61% | 1.01% | 21.92% |
Standard error | 0.24603 | 0.26552 | 0.01949 | 0.00878 | 0.00959 | 0.00209 | ||
Poverty gap | 132947.4 | 168074.5 | 35127.13 | 26.42% | 21749.56 | 66729.64 | 44980.07 | 206.81% |
Standard error | 9021.38 | 12,135 | 7717.53 | 5603.97 | 29485.95 | 28742.86 | ||
Normalized poverty gap | 7.83% | 9.90% | 2.07% | 26.42% | 1.28% | 3.93% | 2.65% | 206.81% |
Standard error | 0.00531 | 0.00715 | 0.00455 | 0.00330 | 0.01737 | 0.01693 | ||
Normalized mean poverty gap | 31.83% | 37.29% | 5.46% | 17.14% | 27.84% | 70.05% | 42.21% | 151.65% |
Standard error | 0.0123 | 0.01924 | – | 0.03170 | 0.30448 | – | ||