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Table 2 Mean, standard deviation and range of out-of-pocket expenditure# for non-hospitalized neonates having IMNCI or non-IMNCI illnesses (N = 185)

From: Care-seeking behavior and out-of-pocket expenditure for sick newborns among urban poor in Lucknow, northern India: a prospective follow-up study

Neonatal Illnesses

Consultation

Mean (SD)

[range]

Medicines

Mean (SD)

[range]

Conveyance

Mean (SD)

[range]

Combined

Mean (SD)

[range]

IMNCI

    

   Diarrhea with dehydration (n = 3)

61.7 (50.6)

[30, 120]

100.0 (50.0)

[50, 150]

20.0 (26.5)

[0, 50]

181.7 (52.5)

[130, 235]

   Persistent Diarrhea (n = 6)

65.3 (48.3)

[2, 120]

78.3 (84.9)

[0, 200]

50.0 (27.5)

[20, 100]

193.7 (83.2)

[150, 350]

   Ear discharge (n = 4)

15.8 (16.9)

[1, 35]

11.3 (13.1)

[0, 25]

15.0 (10.0)

[0, 20]

42.0 (36.1)

[1, 75]

   Unexplained Fever (n = 4)

42.8 (43.1)

[1, 100]

60.0 (48.9)

[0, 100]

13.8 (4.7)

[10, 20]

116.5 (96.9)

[21, 210]

   Pneumonia (n = 24)

47.6 (51.2)

[1, 200]

86.4 (66.8)

[0, 200]

27.4 (27.0)

[0, 100]

161.4 (120.6)

[30, 370]

   Septicemia (n = 22)

34.2 (57.3)

[1, 200]

93.8 (115.8)

[0, 400]

25.7 (19.4)

[0, 50]

153.6 (163.0)

[11, 600]

   More than ten Pustules (n = 7)

10.9 (12.5)

[1, 31]

17.6 (21.7)

[0, 58]

20.0 (18.3)

[0, 50]

48.4 (35.9)

[1, 100]

   Umbilical sepsis (n = 4)

15.5 (23.4)

[1, 50]

73.7 (87.1)

[0, 200]

15.0 (5.8)

[10, 20]

104.3 (113.7)

[11, 270]

Non-IMNCI

    

   Conjunctivitis (n = 7)

32.3 (46.7)

[1, 100]

78.6 (89.8)

[0, 250]

24.6 (16.9)

[0,50]

135.4 (131.7)

[3, 310]

   Dermatitis (n = 8)

27.5 (50.3)

[1, 150]

61.4 (99.8)

[0, 300]

23.8 (23.7)

[0, 80]

112.6 (171.2)

[21, 530]

   Diarrhea (n = 29)

27.2 (30.6)

[1, 100]

51.9 (49.4)

[0, 156]

20.6 (13.2)

[0, 50]

99.7 (75.4)

[11, 306]

   Upper Respiratory Infection (n = 35)

23.5 (22.5)

[1, 100]

41.8 (46.6)

[0, 200]

14.5 (14.1)

[0, 50]

79.7 (69.4)

[1, 350]

   Jaundice (n = 16)

18.0 (34.4)

[1, 130]

182.8 (69.5)

[0,300]

23.8 (12.5)

[0,30]

224.6 (123.4)

[21,460]

   Others (n = 16)

33.4 (49.5)

[1, 202]

70.3 (105.6)

[0, 400]

19.9 (11.2)

[0,40]

123.6 (154.5)

[16, 632]

  1. #The figures are in Indian Rupees (INR) where 1 US $ = 42 INR