Table 1 The OOPs incurred by patients with MS in the last year
From: The catastrophic out-of-pocket health expenditure of multiple sclerosis patients in Iran
Category | Cost amount (IRR) | Cost amount (USD) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
Physician visit | 2,519,500 | 1,745,300 | 59.97 | 41.55 |
Diagnosis | 4,727,000 | 5,804,350 | 112.54 | 138.19 |
Rehabilitation | 9,481,830 | 99,625,340 | 225.75 | 2372.03 |
Medicine | 50,757,550 | 61,977,004 | 1208.51 | 1475.64 |
Hospitalization | 2,010,200 | 4,062,930 | 47.86 | 96.73 |
Home care (medical) | 328,660 | 4,866,630 | 7.82 | 115.87 |
Complementary/alternative therapies | 163,330 | 1,267,360 | 3.88 | 30.17 |
Informal paid | 118,400 | 629,500 | 2.81 | 14.98 |
Total | 70,106,490 | 121,767,380 | 1669.20 | 2899.22 |