Out-of-pocket expenditures and care time for children with Down Syndrome: A single-hospital study in Mexico City.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To examine the burden of out-of-pocket household expenditures and time spent on care by families responsible for children with Down Syndrome (DS).

Methods

A cross-sectional analysis was performed after surveying families of children with DS. The children all received medical care at the Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gomez (HIMFG), a National Institute of Health. Data were collected on out-of-pocket household expenditures for the medical care of these children. The percentage of such expenditure was calculated in relation to available household expenditure (after subtracting the cost of food/housing), and the percentage of households with catastrophic expenditure. Finally, the time spent on the care of the child was assessed.

Results

The socioeconomic analys

SUBMITTER: Martinez-Valverde S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6328117 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature