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. 2021 Feb 25;21:178. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-06170-4

Table 4.

Expenditure composition per visit or admission by type and sector of care

Outpatienta Inpatienta
Public sector Private sector Public sector Private sector
(n = 1043) (n = 5728) (n = 378) (n = 821)
Medical
 Parchi and admission fee 0.4 0.6 0.3 4.5
 Medicine/vaccine 75.4 51.9 48.0 35.7
 Supplies/medical durables 2.9 5.3 20.6 6.1
 Diagnostic tests 9.7 10.2 11.1 8.1
 Doctors’ fee 0.3 20.3 2.9 18.3
 Operation theater/ intervention room charges N/A 0.4 4.5 16.5
Non-medical
 Food 1.6 1.6 3.0 3.1
 Tips 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.4
 Transportation 8.3 8.0 5.1 4.2
 Accompanying person costs 0.9 0.5 3.8 2.8
 Other 0.5 1.2 0.5 0.4
Total costs 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

aColumn percentages shown