Table 3

Kakwani's Indices under Three Set of Incidence Assumptions on Unallocated Revenue

Finance sources
Kakwani by source
Weighted Kakwani's index
Uncertainty interval






Case 1
Case 2
Case 3


Direct taxes
0.3952
0.1474
0.1289
0.0723
± 0.10
Indirect taxes
-0.0779
-0.0179
-0.0216
-0.0121
± 0.05
Contributions to EPF and SOCSO
0.0811
0.0004
0.0004
0.0010
± 0.05
Private insurance premiums
0.2934
0.0857
0.0857
0.1420
± 0.10
Out-of-pocket payments
0.1043
0.0010
0.0104
0.0172
± 0.05
Kakwani's indices for total health finance
-
0.2166
0.2038
0.2204
± 0.01

Yu et al. International Journal for Equity in Health 2008 7:15   doi:10.1186/1475-9276-7-15