Catastrophic out-of-pocket payments for households of people with severe mental disorder: a comparative study in rural Ethiopia

Table 2 Household expenditure categories

Consumption category	Households of person with SMD (n = 290)		Comparison households without person with SMD (n = 289)		p-value
Consumption category	%	95% CI	%	95% CI	p-value
% of total consumption^a
All food items	75.4	(73.5, 77.4)	77.0	(75.1, 79.0)	0.202
Housing and livelihood regular expenses	15.2	(13.5, 16.9)	15.7	(13.9, 17.4)	0.243
Big household expenditures	3.1	(1.7, 4.6)	3.4	(1.6, 6.1)	0.351
Health expenditures	6.9	(5.8, 8.0)	5.7	(4.5, 6.9)	0.151
% of health payments
Consultation	16.7	(13.9, 19.4)	16.3	(11.3, 21.3)	0.475
Medication	74.1	(70.7, 77.4)	71.1	(65.8, 76.5)	0.427
Investigations	29.6	(23.2, 36.0)	26.4	(20.5, 32.4)	0.846

Food items (staple foods, vegetable, fruit, spices etc.), regular household expenses (electricity, water, cooking, renting, clothing, transport, etc.), Big expenditure include (education, durable goods, cultural ceremonies, entertainment, tax etc.); health expenditure include expense on (outpatient consultation, medication, investigations, hospitalization, medical appliances, ambulance, etc.)
^aAdult equivalent

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