PMID- 25828833
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160311
LR  - 20150529
IS  - 1465-3664 (Electronic)
IS  - 0142-6338 (Linking)
VI  - 61
IP  - 3
DP  - 2015 Jun
TI  - Out-of-pocket nonmedical expenses associated with out-patient treatment of common 
      childhood illnesses.
PG  - 226-8
LID - 10.1093/tropej/fmv014 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Out-of-pocket expenses, medical and non-medical, have an 
      impoverishing effect on the family. OBJECTIVE: Determine non-medical 
      out-of-pocket expenses incurred during out-patient attendance for primary care 
      services. METHODS: A descriptive survey was undertaken at a rural medical college 
      using interviewer-administered questionnaire to parents of children <6 years over 
      a period of 6 weeks. Seventy-six participants were interviewed for collecting 
      demographic data and actual cost on travel and meals. RESULTS: Median expenditure 
      for travel was Indian rupees (INR) 20 with inter-quartile range (IQR) 14-48 and 
      on food it was INR 110 with IQR 40-155. Median total expenditure on the visit was 
      INR 122 with IQR 61-220. Among those who travelled >5 km, 36% attendance was for 
      respiratory complaints, 27% with fever and as many as 86% for vaccination. 
      CONCLUSION: Families in rural India have substantial costs incurred in OPD 
      attendance, most of which is for preventive health care such as immunization.
CI  - (c) The Author [2015]. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. 
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FAU - Daga, Subhashchandra
AU  - Daga S
AD  - MIMER Medical College, Talegaon, Dabhade 410507, India subhashdaga@yahoo.com.
FAU - Mhatre, Sameer
AU  - Mhatre S
AD  - MIMER Medical College, Talegaon, Dabhade 410507, India.
FAU - Dsouza, Eric
AU  - Dsouza E
AD  - MIMER Medical College, Talegaon, Dabhade 410507, India.
LA  - eng
PT  - Letter
DEP - 20150330
PL  - England
TA  - J Trop Pediatr
JT  - Journal of tropical pediatrics
JID - 8010948
SB  - IM
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - *Cost of Illness
MH  - Female
MH  - *Health Expenditures
MH  - Health Services Research
MH  - Humans
MH  - India
MH  - Infant
MH  - Interviews as Topic
MH  - Male
MH  - *Outpatients
MH  - Rural Population
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - low-cost care of childhood illnesses
OT  - non-medical expenses
OT  - out-of-pocket expenses
OT  - treatment cost of childhood illnesses
EDAT- 2015/04/02 06:00
MHDA- 2016/03/12 06:00
CRDT- 2015/04/02 06:00
PHST- 2015/04/02 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/04/02 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/03/12 06:00 [medline]
AID - fmv014 [pii]
AID - 10.1093/tropej/fmv014 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Trop Pediatr. 2015 Jun;61(3):226-8. doi: 10.1093/tropej/fmv014. Epub 2015 Mar 
      30.