Table 6.
Out-of-pocket expenditures (in taka a ) per visit for seeking non-domiciliary treatment for HT, COPD and co-morbidity by area
|
Type of illness and sex of the patients |
Dhaka (Urban) |
Matlab (Rural) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Overall |
% of overall mean |
Overall |
% of overall mean |
||||
| N | mean | Treatment b | Travel | N | mean | Treatment b | Travel | |
| Any illness |
463 |
1749 |
96.8 |
3.2 |
686 |
371 |
92.2 |
7.8 |
| HT |
202 |
1385 |
94.4 |
5.6 |
132 |
525 |
83.8 |
16.2 |
| COPD |
153 |
3275 |
98.3 |
1.7 |
377 |
342 |
96.2 |
3.8 |
| Co-morbidity |
108 |
269 |
94.4 |
5.6 |
177 |
319 |
93.4 |
6.6 |
| Sex of the patients |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
239 |
1054 |
95.6 |
4.4 |
432 |
367 |
94.0 |
6.0 |
| Female | 224 | 2491 | 97.4 | 2.6 | 254 | 378 | 89.1 | 10.8 |
N = number of visits, aTaka 78 = US$1, btreatment cost includes consultation fee and costs of diagnostic test and medicines.