Table 5.
Expenditure on care for normal delivery in 48 Mumbai slums
| Values are Indian Rupee | N | Median | IQR | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delivery in Mumbai | ||||
| Home delivery* | ||||
| TBA fee | 73 | 500 | 500-600 | 50-1550 |
| Fluids | 3 | 300 | 150-500 | 150-500 |
| Doctor's fee | 48 | 200 | 100-250 | 50-700 |
| Medications | 22 | 200 | 100-300 | 10-500 |
| Injections | 18 | 175 | 50-300 | 50-700 |
| Delivery kit | 26 | 10 | 6-60 | 6-500 |
| Other | 35 | 300 | 150-500 | 20-876 |
| Total | 90 | 930 | 550-1260 | 0-3500 |
| Institutional delivery | ||||
| Public sector | ||||
| Direct | 473 | 1000 | 500-2000 | 0-45000 |
| Indirect | 473 | 500 | 300-860 | 0-23450 |
| Total | 473 | 1550 | 950-2641 | 290-45000 |
| Private sector | ||||
| Direct | 258 | 5000 | 3500-7225 | 60-35000 |
| Indirect | 258 | 500 | 200-950 | 0-10000 |
| Total | 258 | 5510 | 3950-8100 | 360-35700 |
| Outside Mumbai | ||||
| Home delivery* | ||||
| TBA fee | 60 | 300 | 200-500 | 100-3000 |
| Fluids | 7 | 300 | 200-1300 | 150-3000 |
| Doctor fee | 25 | 200 | 100-400 | 30-2000 |
| Injections | 11 | 200 | 80-250 | 50-400 |
| Medications | 16 | 175 | 100-400 | 20-3500 |
| Delivery kit | 10 | 50 | 6-300 | 6-800 |
| Other | 32 | 200 | 115-350 | 12-5100 |
| Total | 84 | 550 | 300-1075 | 0-7290 |
| Institutional delivery | ||||
| Public sector | ||||
| Direct | 69 | 1000 | 500-1500 | 0-7000 |
| Indirect | 69 | 400 | 150-700 | 0-3000 |
| Total | 69 | 1300 | 930-2000 | 50-8000 |
| Private sector | ||||
| Direct | 62 | 2780 | 1500-5000 | 500-14000 |
| Indirect | 62 | 425 | 150-650 | 0-5400 |
| Total | 62 | 3580 | 1900-5220 | 550-15400 |
Data presented for 1204 women for the period January-March 2007.
*Some respondents were unable to break down the costs of delivery into items. Total figures are therefore based on larger samples.
TBA: traditional birth attendant, dai; IQR: interquartile range.