Magnitude and Factors Affecting Out-of-Pocket Medical Expenditure among Outpatients in ST.Paul Hospital Millennium College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

The Objectives of the study is to assess the magnitude and factor that affect out-of pocket medical expenditure among outpatients department in St Paul’s hospital Millennium College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. An Institution-based cross-sectional study in quantitative method was conducted among outpatient services. The required sample size is determined by single population and double population proportion formula. The final sample size was 422. A descriptive statistical analysis, binary and multivariable logistic regression model was used to describe the findings. Gender, marital status, educational status, occupation, family size, total income was statistically associated with TOOPME at Sig< 0.2. Statistically associated with TOOPME In multivariate analysis were marital status (B=.197; CI 95%190.2-585; sig .000), Occupation status (B=-.174; CI 95%-180—39.6; sig .002), family size (B=.229; CI 95%58-150; sig .000), and total income (B=.305; CI 95%10Table: 1 9-227; sig .000). The financing system of health care should be based on the principle of cost sharing so that there will be resource pooling among the poor and the rich. The financing mechanism should also move into prepayment schemes or insurance to protect the poor from unanticipated health care costs.