Direct Cost of Maternity-care Services in South Delhi: A Community Survey.

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dc.contributor.authorDhar, Rinku Sen Gupta
dc.contributor.authorNagpal, Jitender
dc.contributor.authorSinha, Swati
dc.contributor.authorBhargava, V.L
dc.contributor.authorSachdeva, Aarti
dc.contributor.authorBhartia, Abhishek
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-17T05:52:46Z
dc.date.available2016-02-17T05:52:46Z
dc.date.issued2009-06
dc.description.abstractThe study was conducted to estimate the direct maternity-care expense for women who recently delivered in South Delhi and to explore its sociodemographic associations. A survey was conducted using the two-stage cluster-randomized sampling technique. Two colonies each from high-, middle- and low-income areas were selected by simple random sampling, followed by a house-to-house survey in each selected colony. Information was collected by recall of healthcare expenses for mother and child. In total, 249 subjects (of 282 eligible) were recruited. The mean expense for a normal vaginal delivery (n=182) was US$ 370.7, being much higher in a private hospital (US$ 1,035) compared to a government hospital (US$ 61.1) or a delivery in the home (US$ 55.3). Expenses for a caesarean delivery (n=67) were higher (US$ 1,331.1). Expenses for the lowest-income groups were ~10% of their annual family income at government facilities and ~26% at private hospitals. The direct maternity expense is high for large subsections of the population.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDhar Rinku Sen Gupta, Nagpal Jitender, Sinha Swati, Bhargava V.L, Sachdeva Aarti, Bhartia Abhishek. Direct Cost of Maternity-care Services in South Delhi: A Community Survey. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition. 2009 Jun; 27(3): 368-378.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1606-0997
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/173194
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2761791/?report=classicen_US
dc.subjectCommunity surveyen_US
dc.subjectHealthcare costen_US
dc.subjectHealth expenditureen_US
dc.subjectMaternal health servicesen_US
dc.subjectMaternity careen_US
dc.subjectIndiaen_US
dc.titleDirect Cost of Maternity-care Services in South Delhi: A Community Survey.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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