Emergency obstetric care in Mali: catastrophic spending and its impoverishing effects on households
Catherine Arsenault, Pierre Fournier, Aline Philibert, Koman Sissoko, Aliou Coulibaly, Caroline Tourigny, Mamadou Traoré & Alexandre Dumont
Volume 91, Number 3, March 2013, 207-216
Table 4. Distribution and average expenditure of households in the sample and a subsample, per wealth quintile, Kayes, Mali, 2008–2011
| Quintile | No. (%) in total sample (n = 484) | No. (%) in subsamplea (n = 56) | EmOC expenditure (US$)b |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total sample (n = 484) |
Subsamplea (n = 56) |
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| Average | Range | Average | Range | ||||
| 1c | 97 (20.0) | 10 (17.9) | 130.90 | 0–487.30 | 255.80 | 125.00–487.30 | |
| 2 | 100 (20.7) | 8 (14.3) | 155.70 | 6.40–575.20 | 252.80 | 178.00–353.80 | |
| 3 | 99 (20.5) | 13 (23.2) | 169.80 | 0–794.50 | 371.40 | 103.80–675.80 | |
| 4 | 115 (23.8) | 17 (30.4) | 131.10 | 0–617.60 | 282.10 | 141.90–617.60 | |
| 5 | 73 (15.1) | 8 (14.3) | 181.00 | 0–794.50 | 283.00 | 122.90–762.70 | |
| Total | 484 (100) | 56 (100) | 151.60 | 0–794.50 | 294.10 | 103.80–762.70 | |
EmOC, emergency obstetric care; US$, United States dollar.
a Nested subsample of 56 women who had had a near miss.
b Exchange rate US$ 1 = 472 Communauté Financière Africaine francs.
c Poorest.