Table 1

Results for the predictors of logit of incidence of catastrophic health expenditure as a function of the percentage of OOPEXP, the percentage of HEXGDP and the GDPC

CoefficientEstimateSEp Value
logit(OOPEXP0.670.16<0.001
logit(HEXGDP0.670.340.048
ln(GDPC−0.380.140.005
  • Goodness of fit, R2=0.69. Number of observations, 110. The variance of country random effects was 0.29.

  • GDPC, gross domestic product per capita; HEXGDP, health expenditure within the share of gross domestic product; OOPEXP, out-of-pocket expenditure within total health expenditure.