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Table 2 Proportion of households with catastrophic healthcare expenditure by decile, 2006–2014

From: Out-of-pocket healthcare expenditure in Australia: trends, inequalities and the impact on household living standards in a high-income country with a universal health care system

Income quintile

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

1

31%

24%

25%

35%

25%

32%

33%

35%

31%

2

13%

17%

16%

20%

17%

21%

18%

19%

19%

3

7%

10%

15%

11%

17%

12%

16%

12%

13%

4

6%

9%

9%

6%

9%

10%

10%

7%

10%

5

8%

7%

8%

7%

9%

9%

9%

11%

9%

6

4%

5%

5%

3%

4%

5%

5%

3%

5%

7

4%

4%

6%

4%

4%

3%

5%

6%

5%

8

4%

3%

3%

3%

4%

2%

3%

4%

2%

9

3%

3%

4%

3%

2%

3%

3%

2%

2%

10

1%

2%

2%

1%

1%

2%

0%

3%

3%

Concentration Index

−0.39 (−0.43, −0.34)

−0.40 (−0.45, −0.36)

−0.43 (−0.48, −0.39)

−0.39 (−0.43, −0.34)

−0.44 (−0.49, −0.40)

−0.48 (−0.52, −0.43)

− 0.53 (− 0.58, − 0.48)

− 0.46 (− 0.50, − 0.41)

−0.46 (− 0.50, − 0.42)