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Table 1 Mean, median and range for the out-of-pocket expenditure incurred for those who arrived alive at study hospitals following road traffic injury by select variables

From: Burden of out-of-pocket expenditure for road traffic injuries in urban India

Variable

Category

N

Medical expenditure* (In USD)

Non-medical expenditure† (In USD)

Total expenditure ‡ (In USD)

Mean (SD)

Median

Range

Mean (SD)

Median

Range

Mean (SD)

Median

Range

Type of road user§

Pedestrian/cyclist

220

379.8 (880.5)

118.8

0-9,322.4

257.1 (290.3)

151.8

4.2- 1,636.4

636.9 (950)

341.4

5.8- 9,710.8

MTV

356

642.7 (1345.9)

262.7

0-17,498.0

349.5 (755)

166

3.7-10,472.7

992.1 (1716.7)

573.0

20.6- 1,716.7

Others

147

390.1 (577.4)

143.9

0-3,501.1

324.5 (646.6)

167

4.1 -5,405.3

714.6 (968.2)

398.3

17.7- 5,912.8

Type of hospital**

Private

 

1095 (1775)

533

9-17,498

416.8 (1108)

127.3

3.7-10,472.7

1511.9 (2334.2)

800.8

71.4- 19,973.6

Public

555

334.7 (701.9)

119.3

0-9,322.4

285.8 (369.9)

170.3

4.1- 5,405.3

620.5 (836.8)

377.8

5.8- 9,709.8

Per capita annual household income quartile††

I (lowest)

197

439.2 (1422.4)

114.8

0-17,498

304.7 (495.2)

171.3

4.8- 5,405.3

743.8 (1657.1)

345.2

11.5-19,973.6

II

192

386.9 (818.6)

142.6

0-7,096.3

311.1 (606.7)

192.5

4.1- 7,663.6

698 (1088.2)

389.3

17.7- 8,085.2

III

153

376.6 (489.3)

165.1

0-3,062.5

253.8 (288.1)

136.8

3.7- 1,473

630.3 (608)

421.9

5.8- 3,560.5

IV (highest)

180

839.7 (1264.8)

360.6

0-9,322.4

386.9 (916.9)

138.3

7.2- 10,472.7

1226.6 (1737.5)

722.4

10.0-14,451.1

Total

 

723

511.3 (1100)

169.3

0- 17,498

316.3 (626.1)

162.5

3.7-10,472.7

827.6 (1392.6)

446.5

5.8 19,973.6

  1. SD refers to standard deviation.
  2. *Medical expenses paid at the hospital including the expenses for ambulance services.
  3. †Non-medical expenses include transport expenses other than those for ambulance, food and phone expenses incurred by the household related to this road traffic crash (RTC), repair/damage expenses of vehicle involved in RTC, legal and other miscellaneous expenses.
  4. ‡Sum of medical and non-medical expenses.
  5. ¶USD: United States Dollar; 1 USD was approximately Indian Rupees 44 during the study period.
  6. §Kruskal test for equality of median: p = 0.614, 0.476 and <0.001 for medical, non-medical and total expenditure respectively; MTV: motorosied two-wheeled vehicles including moped/luna, scooter/scootertte and motorcycle; others include all vehicles other than MTV/ cycle & pedestrians.
  7. **Kruskal test for equality of median: p = 0.084, 0.537 and <0.001 for medical, non-medical and total expenditure respectively.
  8. ††Data not available for 1 participant; Kruskal test for equality of median: p = 0.001, 0.041 and <0.001 for medical, non-medical and total expenditure respectively.