Table 3. OOP expenditure (INR) for injury-related hospitalization according to socio-economic characteristics of patient.
| Overall | RTI | Falls | Burns | Mechanical | Other | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | p-value |
| Gender | |||||||
| Male | 17085 (485) | 18108 (659) | 15752 (1012) | 25593 (4315) | 15670 (1148) | 12294 (1117) | 0.156 |
| Female | 15556 (1003) | 16655(1387) | 14038 (1801) | 20997 (5416) | 9149 (1903) | 12009 (2767) | |
| Age (years) | |||||||
| 0–15 | 10505 (1089) | 15686 (2817) | 6775 (972) | 12157 (2617) | 11632 (2024) | 13202 (4982) | <0.001 |
| 16–30 | 17840 (741) | 17893 (894) | 19316 (2200) | 30592 (6429) | 14804 (1493) | 12582 (1727) | |
| 31–45 | 17790 (870) | 18360 (1178) | 19682 (2063) | 20194 (5277) | 18138 (2455) | 10914 (1725) | |
| 46–60 | 18806 (1130) | 18311 (1409) | 21910 (2604) | 29926 (9301) | 10197 (2503) | 13198 (2181) | |
| >60 | 14323 (1158) | 16528 (1791) | 11189 (1638) | 3020 (0) | 16563 (4910) | 14217 (3266) | |
| Marital status | |||||||
| Married | 15399 (687) | 17071(1002) | 11662 (1289) | 20076 (3289) | 14205 (1559) | 15141 (2273) | 0.003 |
| Unmarried | 17416 (556) | 18227 (744) | 17132 (1085) | 26912 (5386) | 15310 (1387) | 10856 (1059) | |
| Education | |||||||
| No formal education | 12258 (1035) | 15052 (1121) | 10388 (1038) | 14500 (2430) | 13176 (2084) | 9383 (1655) | <0.001 |
| Primary and Middle | 12846 (671) | 18316 (1197) | 14941 (1489) | 19048 (3621) | 16026 (1626) | 11945 (1804) | |
| 10th year of education and above | 16766 (793) | 18672 (840) | 21968 (2060) | 42529 (10006) | 14875 (1770) | 13764 (1667) | |
| Quintile | |||||||
| Poorest | 14930 (874) | 15399 (1092) | 15511 (2210) | 20923 (5536) | 10404 (1707) | 11124 (2442) | 0.105 |
| Poor | 15982 (899) | 17018 (1417) | 16551 (1707) | 18324 (4140) | 15263 (2049) | 7970 (1634) | |
| Middle | 18043 (1004) | 20264 (1617) | 14159 (1640) | 19449 (2957) | 16618 (2285) | 16393 (2469) | |
| Rich | 16827 (900) | 18950 (1182) | 12608 (2157) | 24598 (7466) | 15782 (2526) | 12308 (1964) | |
| Richest | 18060 (1172) | 17667 (1334) | 17422 (2260) | 43337(17023) | 15429 (2833) | 12814 (3062) | |
| Health Insurance (status) | |||||||
| Yes | 16346 (482) | 17476 (646) | 14800 (1004) | 23239 (4082) | 14412 (1187) | 14913 (3151) | 0.033 |
| No | 18827 (1031) | 19697 (1524) | 17416 (1820) | 26265 (5582) | 16019 (2038) | 14734 (1032) | |
| Type of Hospital (Based on level of care) | |||||||
| Secondary | 6390 (447) | 6526 (413) | 7072 (1335) | 2773 (655) | 6770 (1986) | 6390 (477) | <0.001 |
| Tertiary | 19569 (527) | 20802 (722) | 18052 (1066) | 28023 (3891) | 15544 (1102) | 19569 (437) | |
| Hospitalization duration (days) | |||||||
| 1 | 3882 (226) | 3857 (333) | 3512 (381) | 3919 (1456) | 7459 (1173) | 3197 (448) | <0.001 |
| 2 | 5542 (361) | 5510 (487) | 5153(680) | 6963 (1423) | 6101 (968) | 5607 (1499) | |
| 3 | 10946 (757) | 11347 (1036) | 10986 (1664) | 5517 (3085) | 10923 (1704) | 9659 (2584) | |
| 4 | 13184 (925) | 12764 (1107) | 11897 (2078) | 6020 (1766) | 15064 (1942) | 18970 (5357) | |
| 5 | 16768(1218) | 18481 (1702) | 17343 (3031) | 8491 (1405) | 17172 (3645) | 19448 (4896) | |
| >5 | 31985 (1027) | 33154 (1316) | 30647 (2181) | 45360 (8078) | 23737 (2446) | 31985 (1027) | |
p-values < 0.05 were considered to be statistically significant