Catastrophic health expenditure due to hospitalisation for COVID-19 treatment in India: findings from a primary survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused widespread illness and a significant proportion of the infected required hospitalisation for treatment. People in developing countries like India were vulnerable to high hospitalisation costs. Despite its crucial importance, few primary studies are available on this aspect of the pandemic. This study was aimed at finding out the out of pocket expenditure (OOPE) and incidence of catastrophic expenditure on hospitalisation of persons infected with COVID-19. A primary survey of 492 randomly selected hospitalisations of individuals tested positive for COVID-19 in high-burden districts during August to November 2020 was carried out telephonically in Chhattisgarh state of India.

Results

Public hospitals accounted for 69% of the hospitalis

SUBMITTER: Garg S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8892404 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature