Table 1 Key indicators by consumption quintile (individual level data)
From: Household catastrophic health expenditure: evidence from Georgia and its policy implications
Indicator | poorest fifth | 2 | 3 | 4 | richest fifth | Total % | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% of total population with chronic disease | 34.1 | 37.0 | 37.3 | 38.0 | 38.6 | 37.0 | 10,445 |
% of population with chronic disease and consulting healthcare provider | 52.3 | 55.4 | 56.5 | 59.7 | 64.4 | 57.7 | 3,862 |
% of total population with acute sickness during last 30 days | 14.3 | 14.9 | 16.7 | 15.0 | 17.5 | 15.6 | 10,445 |
% of those sick during last 30 days and consulting healthcare provider | 63.4 | 63.3 | 66.0 | 62.7 | 63.5 | 63.8 | 1,634 |
% of patients who were able to obtain medications prescribed by doctor during last consultation | 79.1 | 83.8 | 85.2 | 83.0 | 90.1 | 84.3 | 4,946 |
% of consultations where medicine was prescribed but not purchased because it was too expensive (base: all consultations) | 16.4 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 12.2 | 7.3 | 11.8 | 4,946 |
% reported to be beneficiaries of State Program for Population below the Poverty Line | 20.3 | 17.1 | 12.1 | 12.7 | 6.5 | 13.6 | 5,496 |