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Table 2 Self-reported illness, health seeking behavior and consumption of surveyed households across each region of Ethiopia 2018/19

From: Catastrophic and impoverishing out-of-pocket health expenditure in Ethiopia: evidence from the Ethiopia socioeconomic survey

Region

Self-reported illness by HH

Health seeking behavior

Mean total consumption per adult equivalent (ETB)

Mean OOP per adult equivalent (ETB)

Share of OOP payments to total consumption %

Tigray

226 (52.9%)

197 (87.2%)

20,616.998

88.47

0.46%

Afar

243 (46.4%)

229 (94.2%)

21,516.246

93.68

0.58%

Amhara

379 (50.5%)

336 (88.6%)

16,003.2

94.57

0.85%

Oromia

328 (43.6%)

311 (94.8%)

18,366.73

106.7

0.67%

Somalia

185 (30.3%)

195 (> 100%)

18,230.528

109.75

1.1%

Benishangul gumuz

118 (32.4%)

197 (> 100%)

20,904.39

438.31

2.28%

SNNP

209 (30.3%)

211(> 100%)

17,718.683

175.74

1.97%

Gambella

262 (52.9%)

216 (82.4%)

21,482.659

174.36

1.13%

Harar

225 (40.9%)

188 (83.5%)

28,739.535

78.67

0.46%

Addis Ababa

347 (44.6%)

280 (80.7%)

31,491.207

106.08

0.46%

Dire Dawa

205 (35.4%)

197 (96.1%)

26,204.927

104.63

0.49%

National

2727(40.3%)

2484(91.1%)

21,880.51

130.1

0.89%