Table 4 Expenditure composition per visit or admission by type and sector of care
Outpatienta | Inpatienta | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Public sector | Private sector | Public sector | Private sector | |
(n = 1043) | (n = 5728) | (n = 378) | (n = 821) | |
Medical | ||||
Parchi and admission fee | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 4.5 |
Medicine/vaccine | 75.4 | 51.9 | 48.0 | 35.7 |
Supplies/medical durables | 2.9 | 5.3 | 20.6 | 6.1 |
Diagnostic tests | 9.7 | 10.2 | 11.1 | 8.1 |
Doctors’ fee | 0.3 | 20.3 | 2.9 | 18.3 |
Operation theater/ intervention room charges | N/A | 0.4 | 4.5 | 16.5 |
Non-medical | ||||
Food | 1.6 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
Tips | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
Transportation | 8.3 | 8.0 | 5.1 | 4.2 |
Accompanying person costs | 0.9 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 2.8 |
Other | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
Total costs | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |