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Compares household out-of-pocket health spending with the chosen share of household consumption, the SDG 3.8.2 definition of catastrophic expenditure.
Catastrophic expenditure
Budget share = out-of-pocket spending / household consumption; catastrophic if the share reaches the 10% or 25% SDG threshold
SDG indicator 3.8.2 reports both 10% and 25% of household total consumption or income.
A separate measure counts households pushed below a poverty line by health payments, which can occur below the catastrophic threshold.