| Level of pocket payments during hospital treatment; | Less than 50 ?% | 50 - 100 ?% | 100 - 200 ?% | 200 - 400 ?% | Above 400 ?% | Total ?% |
| Unemployed | 17.7 | 9.2 | 8.5 | 9.2 | 2.3 | 46.9 |
| Employed | 7.7 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 4.6 | 1.5 | 29.2 |
| Retired | 7.7 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 16.9 |
| Dependent on social assistance | 3.1 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 6.9 |
| Total | 36.2 | 24.6 | 19.2 | 15.4 | 4.6 | 100.0 |
| Nature of expenditures | For drugs/% | Other, including lab and radiology examinations/% | ||||
| 44.6 | 26.9 | |||||