Table 5.
Mean and mean difference (95% CI) in inpatient and outpatient healthcare OOPE; inpatient and outpatient care seeking event per infant and average time to care seeking per infant in the first 180 days of life in the study arms
| Outcome | ciKMC (n=2491) | Control (n=1984) | Difference (95% CI) | P value |
| Mean | Mean | |||
| Overall | ||||
| Average no of care-seeking events per infant | 0.91 | 0.97 | −0.07 (−0.13 to to -0.01) |
0.03 |
| Average no of care-seeking events among those who sought care | 1.50 | 1.59 | −0.08 (−0.15 to -0.02) |
0.01 |
| Time between identification of signs and symptoms and care seeking (in hours) | 8.92 | 12.40 | −3.48 (−5.75 to -1.21) |
< 0.01 |
| Inpatient care seeking | ||||
| Healthcare OOPE of in-patient care seeking per infant in the study (in US$) | 16.51 | 21.56 | −5.05 (−10.77 to 0.68) |
0.08 |
| Healthcare OOPE of in-patient care seeking per infant who sought care (in US$) | 79.04 | 105.97 | −26.93 (−52.39 to -1.46) |
0.04 |
| Average no of inpatient care seeking episodes per infant in the study | 0.24 | 0.23 | 0.01 (−0.02 to 0.04) |
0.68 |
| Outpatient care seeking | ||||
| Healthcare OOPE of outpatient care seeking per infant in the study (in US$) | 3.97 | 4.70 | −0.73 (−1.55 to 0.09) |
0.08 |
| Healthcare OOPE of outpatient care seeking per infant who sought care (in US$) | 7.88 | 8.84 | −0.96 (−2.44 to 0.53) |
0.21 |
| Average no of outpatient care seeking episodes per infant in the study | 0.67 | 0.74 | −0.07 (−0.12 to -0.02) |
< 0.01 |
ciKMC, Kangaroo Mother Care initiated in community setting; OOP, out-of-pocket expenditure.