Table 1. Summary of Outcome Variables by Cancer-Affected or Control Households.
| Outcome Variable (reference period) | Cancer-Affected Households | Control Households – Matched | Control Households – Unmatched |
| Healthcare utilization | |||
| Hospital admissions, per household member (1 year) | 0.275 (0.26, 0.29) | 0.110* (0.10, 0.12) | 0.098 (0.097, 0.099) |
| Public hospital admissions, per household member (1 year) | 0.130 (0.12, 0.14) | 0.048* (0.04, 0.06) | 0.046 (0.0447, 0.0465) |
| Length of hospital stay (in days), per household member (1 year) | 4.349 (3.84, 4.86) | 1.134* (0.91, 1.36) | 0.940 (0.916, 0.965) |
| Outpatient visits, per household member (15 days) | 0.201 (0.18, 0.22) | 0.145* (0.13, 0.16) | 0.121 (0.120, 0.123) |
| Outpatient visits of non-cancer patients, per household member (15 days) | 0.112 (0.10, 0.13) | 0.145* (0.13, 0.16) | 0.120 (0.119, 0.122) |
| Outpatient visits for non-major conditions, per household member (15 days) | 0.073 (0.06, 0.08) | 0.120* (0.10, 0.14) | 0.098 (0.096, 0.099) |
| Consumption | |||
| Inpatient OOP expenditure (INR), per household member (1 year) | 5311 (4514, 6108) | 1,079* (702, 1457) | 764 (733, 794) |
| Outpatient OOP expenditure (INR), per household member (15 days) | 118.33 (92.10, 144.56) | 45.16* (33.94, 56.38) | 34.16 (33.01, 35.30) |
| Outpatient OOP expenditure (INR) on non-major health conditions,per household member (15 days) | 15.54 (11.16, 19.92) | 33.49* (24.18, 42.80) | 24.34 (23.46, 25.22) |
| Outpatient OOP expenditure (INR) for members without cancer,per household member (15 days) | 28.03 (26.20, 35.87) | 45.16* (33.94, 56.38) | 33.14 (32.03, 34.24) |
| Non-medical consumption expenditure (INR), per household member (15 days) | 294 (252, 337) | 321 (301, 342) | 322 (319, 324) |
| Percentage of households reporting borrowing or selling assetsto finance inpatient care (1 year) | 51.40 (47.98, 54.82) | 15.77* (13.28, 18.26) | 15.72 (15.46, 15.98) |
| Percentage of households reporting borrowing/selling assets tofinance outpatient care (15 days) | 6.46 (4.78, 8.14) | 3.11* (1.92, 4.30) | 2.45 (2.34, 2.56) |
| Workforce Participation | |||
| Percentage of household members aged 15+ who are working | 48.50 (46.69, 50.31) | 50.90 (49.11, 52.69) | 53.79 (53.59, 53.99) |
| Percentage of household members without cancer aged 15+ who are working | 52.58 (50.30, 54.86) | 50.90 (49.11, 52.69) | 53.84 (53.64, 54.04) |
| Number of observations | 821 | 824 | 72,582 |
Note: Estimates are based on calculations by authors using raw data from National Sample Survey data for 2004. Reference period refer to a household report in the period (15 days or 1 year) immediately preceding the survey. The data presented refer to all households, regardless of whether there was a death in the household. 95% confidence intervals are reported in parentheses underneath the means for each statistic.
*
indicates that the treatment and matched controls are significantly different at the 5% level.