Table 6 Indirect cost (in INR) of accessing abortion services as reported by study respondents received abortion services at selected primary and secondary level public health facilities, Madhya Pradesh, India 2014
| Â | Primary facilities | Secondary facilities | p-value | All facilities | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Mean (SD) | Range | Mean (SD) | Range | Â | Mean (SD) | Range |
Average cost | 67 (137.31) | (0–2700) | 239 (357.87) | (0–3000) | 0.000 | 116 (236.19) | (0–3000) |
Cost by components | |||||||
 Transportation | 42 (105.75) | (0–2400) | 181 (297.81) | (0–3000) | 0.000 | 81 (192.44) | (0–3000) |
 Medicines | 8 (32.0) | (0–130) | 7 (41.46) | (0–400) | 0.681 | 8 (34.93) | (0–400) |
 Clinical tests | -- | (0–300) | 40 (124.68) | (0–950) | NE | 12 (69.37) | (0–950) |
 Local stay | 2 (20.26) | (0–300) | 2 (14.15) | (0–200) | NE | 2 (18.72) | (0–300) |
 Other costs | 14 (51.99) | 0–900) | 10 (39.10) | (0–300) | 0.245 | 13 (48.70) | (0–900) |
Cost by wealth Status | |||||||
 Poor | 69 (105.85) | (0–1000) | 305 (425.15) | (0–3000) | 0.000 | 131 (257.09) | (0–3000) |
 Middle | 56 (76.88) | (0–320) | 188 (266.12) | (0–1610) | 0.000 | 91 (161.61) | (0–1610) |
 Rich | 75 (236.31) | (0–2700) | 154 (236.84) | (0–3000) | 0.023 | 103 (239.06) | (0–2700) |