Table 5.
Expenses for utilizing health care services at hospital
Payment | No charge | 0.1–3.2 USDa | 3.3–16.3 USD | 16.4 USD or more |
Total | |||||||||
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n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |||||
Medical service charge | 340 | 86.3 | 37 | 9.4 | 16 | 4.1 | 1 | 0.3 | 394 | 100.0 | ||||
Travel expenses of patient | 15 | 3.8 | 82 | 20.8 | 244 | 61.9 | 53 | 13.5 | 394 | 100.0 | ||||
Food expenses of patient | 41 | 10.4 | 212 | 50.8 | 138 | 35.0 | 3 | 0.8 | 394 | 100.0 | ||||
Travel expenses of relatives/pursuers | 105 | 26.6 | 92 | 23.4 | 164 | 41.6 | 33 | 8.4 | 394 | 100.0 | ||||
Food expenses of relatives/pursuers | 114 | 28.9 | 175 | 44.4 | 99 | 25.2 | 6 | 1.5 | 394 | 100.0 |
a: 1 USD = 30.61 Thai baht (THB) rate on October 1st, 2012