Table 2 Distribution of the out-of-pocket expenditures by medical condition (in US$) in 1994
From: Free does not mean affordable: maternity patient expenditures in a public hospital in Bangladesh
Expenditures on items NOT supposed to be provided from hospital | Expenditures on items supposed to be provided free from hospital | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Travel | Fee | Medicine | Food | Tips | Other | Tests | Total | |
NVD (n = 19) | ||||||||
median | 12.50 | 0.25 | 11.25 | 0.88 | 1.25 | 3.88 | 0.00 | 62.50 |
mean | 29.72 | 0.23 | 18.35 | 2.24 | 2.11 | 5.99 | 3.42 | 62.04 |
range | 1–127 | 0.10–0.33 | 1–70 | 0–23 | 0.75–5 | 0–25 | 0–23 | 6–225 |
C-section (n = 20) | ||||||||
median | 36.70 | 0.10 | 51.88 | 2.50 | 2.06 | 11.25 | 0.00 | 118.75 |
mean | 44.32 | 0.20 | 63.52 | 4.25 | 2.56 | 16.79 | 1.88 | 133.50 |
range | 5–150 | 0.10–0.75 | 25–160 | 0.50–16 | 0.25–7 | 2–75 | 0–25 | 41–350 |
Abortion (n = 20) | ||||||||
median | 3.08 | 0.18 | 12.06 | 0.84 | 0.63 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.56 |
mean | 11.67 | 0.17 | 18.93 | 1.40 | 0.77 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 32.94 |
range | 1–63 | 0–0.30 | 1–75 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2–125 |
Hysterectomy (n = 22) | ||||||||
median | 23.25 | 0.25 | 36.25 | 2.50 | 1.25 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 75.50 |
mean | 32.04 | 0.38 | 30.89 | 4.84 | 2.38 | 4.02 | 10.15 | 84.70 |
range | 1–86 | 0.10–4 | 1–50 | 0–19 | 0–10 | 0–10 | 0–75 | 2–178 |
Total (N = 81) | ||||||||
median | 22.25 | 0.23 | 26.25 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 4.38 | 0.00 | 65.25 |
mean | 29.50 | 0.24 | 33.05 | 3.23 | 1.96 | 6.64 | 4.02 | 78.65 |
range | 1–150 | 0–4 | 1–160 | 0–23 | 0–10 | 0–75 | 0–75 | 2–350 |