Outcome/threshold | Incidence of catastrophic health expenditures | ||
15% | 25% | 40% | |
Change in households experiencing catastrophic costs (%) | −1.5** (0.9) | −0.8 (0.7) | −0.7** (0.4) |
Frequency of catastrophic expenses prior to the Green Card reform (%) | 7.7 | 3.7 | 1.5 |
Decline in the incidence of catastrophic health expenses (%) | 19 | 22 | 47 |
X variables | Yes | ||
Observations | 51 425 |
Authors’ analysis of Turkey Household Budget Surveys: 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. Robust SEs are in parenthesis. *10%, **5%, ***1% in a one-tail test. See the notes in table 1.