Table 2.
Components of health care expenditure in 1 year according to the type of facility visited (public or private)
| Parameter | Type of facility |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public | Private | Both | Total | As a % of total cost | |
| Number of cases | 51 | 126 | 44 | 221 | |
| Direct cost | |||||
| Doctor’s fees | 0 (0–0) | 16.2 (10.8–32.4) | 13.5 (6.7–18.9) | 12.1 (0–24.3) | 4.4 |
| Medicines | 0 (0–74.9) | 213 (155–323) | 172 (90.2–353) | 179 (79.3–291) | 60.7 |
| Laboratory charges | 0 (0–0) | 31 (17.5–54) | 18.2 (6.7–39.1) | 20.2 (0–40.5) | 8.3 |
| Transport | 7.5 (2.7–8.1) | 16.2 (4.32–43.2) | 14.6 (6.6–64.7) | 9.7 (4.9–32.4) | 6.5 |
| Total direct cost | 0 (0–74.9) | 280 (211–408) | 232 (127–382) | 222 (114–337) | 79.9 |
| Indirect cost | |||||
| Travel time | 3.8 (2.5–7.6) | 7.6 (2.8–15.2) | 7.6 (4.4–18.9) | 7.6 (2.8–12.6) | 2.5 |
| Hospital waiting time | 7.6 (3.8–15.2) | 12.6 (7.6–18.9) | 14.2 (7.6–21.5) | 11.4 (6.9–18.9) | 3.7 |
| Loss of production days | 20.2 (0–60.7) | 30.4 (0–60.7) | 40.5 (0–60.7) | 30.4 (0–60.7) | 13.9 |
| Total indirect cost | 36 (17.7–72.1) | 49.9 (22.7–111) | 64.5 (37.6–85.6) | 52.1 (22.1–87.2) | 20.1 |
| Total cost | 80.2 (39.1–140) | 389 (276–560) | 320 (197–469) | 308 (184–482) | 100 |
INR, Indian rupee; USD, United States dollar.
Data are presented in USD as median (interquartile range). 1 USD = INR 74.132.