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Table 6 Details of average OOP expenditure (US dollars) for given categories of the population on different expenditure items

From: Health care seeking patterns and determinants of out-of-pocket expenditure for Malaria for the children under-five in Uganda

Background characteristics

Total

Consultation

Medicine

Transport

Hospitalization

Residence

     

Urban

7.26

4.85

4.35

1.65

7.05

Rural

3.39

2.85

2.06

2.35

7.69

Sub-region

     

Central 1

4.57

2.14

3.88

1.91

17.24

Central 2

4.73

4.28

3.07

2.15

9.94

Kampala

5.06

2.96

5.04

1.10

8.03

East central

5.90

4.09

2.86

1.61

4.79

Mid-eastern

4.91

4.24

2.09

2.89

5.86

North-east

2.60

2.42

2.26

5.47

0.49

Mid-northern

1.58

1.14

0.98

2.79

3.13

West Nile

1.68

1.81

1.02

1.22

3.40

Mid-western

5.24

2.02

3.01

2.98

23.46

South-western

7.05

5.69

4.44

1.94

13.46

Mother's education level

     

No education

3.92

2.85

2.56

2.13

4.89

Primary

3.17

2.83

1.86

2.33

10.02

Secondary

6.65

5.03

4.07

2.30

7.04

Higher

4.12

2.73

2.27

0.93

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Wealth index

     

Poorest

2.42

2.33

1.53

2.73

4.33

Poorer

3.03

2.80

1.68

2.82

3.70

Middle

3.59

2.98

2.29

1.61

11.76

Richer

4.17

3.46

2.28

2.14

8.19

Richest

7.87

4.63

5.02

1.91

23.92

Total

3.87

3.28

2.34

2.20

7.64