Table 6.

Health seeking behaviour, treatment adherence and out of pocket expenses among people with diabetes and hypertension

Section 1:Health seeking behaviour and treatment adherence
Parameter	Hypertension (N = 64)	Diabetes (N = 49)	Co-existing hypertension and diabetes (N = 44)
Average duration of NCD (in years)#	4.34 y	6.19 y	8.07 y
Clients reported visiting facility at least once in last 12 months (%)	93.55	95.83	95.45
Number of visits in a year (Average)	4.56	4.44	5.41
Clients that had medicines at the time of interview (%)	92.06	97.92	97.73
Clients reported as consuming medicines regularly (%)	77.78	79.59	86.36
Clients that demonstrated NCD control as per investigations on the day of the interview (%)a	26.85	53.76	-NA-
Section 2: Average annual expenditure on NCD (USD) by disease type and facility type
Category	Diabetes	Hypertension	Public sector	Private sector
Medicines	21.42	13.85	4.43	26.58
Investigations	12.00	5.72	2.22	14.03
Consultation	8.12	5.91	2.40	10.52
Cumulative	42.54	25.48	8.68	50.95

^aCD control is good if blood pressure < 140/90 mm of Hg for Hypertension and blood sugar < 200 mg/dl for Diabetes