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

Table 3 Comparative expenditure^@ incurred in seeking care from different health care providers (N = 168)

Expenditure	GPs (n = 60) Mean (SD) [range]	NGCs (n = 30) Mean (SD) [range]	NGDs (n = 78) Mean (SD) [range]	p value^# (All Groups)	P value*
					GPs Vs NGCs	GPs Vs NGDs	NGCs Vs NGDs
Consultation + medicine	39.3 (34.0) [1, 141]	170.2 (107.3) [30, 450]	89.9 (134.7) [3, 1050]	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.006	< 0.001
Conveyance	21.7 (12.8) [0, 50]	23.7(18.4) [0, 80]	18.4 (21.3) [0, 100]	0.03	0.8	0.01	0.06
Combined	61.0 (38.2) [1, 161]	193.9 (121.6) [40, 530]	108.3 (145.1) [3, 1150]	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.07	< 0.001

^@ the figures are in Indian Rupees (INR) where 1 US$ = 42 INR;^# Kruskall Wallis test; * Mann-Whitney U test

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