Understanding variations in catastrophic health expenditure, its underlying determinants and impoverishment in Sub-Saharan African countries: a scoping review

Table 3 Impoverishment due to health payments in SSA by regions

Author	County	Pre-payment poverty head count (%)	Post-payment poverty head count (%)	Households impoverished (%)	Relative difference (%)
Xu et al., 2006 [47, 48]	Kenya	29^α	30.5	1.5	5
Kwesiga et al., 2015 [57]	Uganda	24.5^β	29	4.5	18
Barasa et al., 2017 [52]	Kenya	66.6^β	68.21	1.61	2
Ichoku and Fonta, 2009 [41]	Nigeria	69.4^β	72	2.6	4
Chuma and Maina, 2012 [59]	Kenya	54.9^β	57.6	2.7	5
Sene and Cisse, 2015 [30]	Senegal	46.71^β	48.14	1.43	3
Mchenga et al., 2017 [37]	Malawi	50.98^β	51.9	0.92	2
Ichoku et al., 2009 [36]	Nigeria	57^β	61	4.14	7
Wang et al., 2016 [58]	Malawi	43^ϕ	44.7	1.7	4

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