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Table 3 Mean, median and range for the out-of-pocket expenditure incurred for those brought dead to the 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

Total out-of-pocket expenditure * (In USD†)

Mean (SD)

Median

Range

Type of road user‡

Pedestrian/cyclist

10

1114 (917.4)

770.5

407.3-3,475

MTV

14

1453.4 (751.4)

1,263.1

375.0-3,117

Others

10

793 (231.8)

797.2

482.7-1,188.6

Per capita annual household income quartile

I (lowest)

8

1025 (900.5)

661.9

375.0-3,117

II

9

948.5 (343.9)

820.5

663.6-1,735.2

III

6

1057 (626.3)

834.7

407.3-1,963.6

IV (highest)

11

1485.4 (872.4)

1,246.6

486.4-3,475

Total

 

34

1159.4 (738)

986

375.0-3,475

  1. SD refers to standard deviation.
  2. *Transport expenses, 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.
  3. †United States Dollar; 1 USD was approximately Indian Rupees 44 during the study period.
  4. ‡ Kruskal test for equality of median: p = 0.045 for total out-of-pocket expenditure; MTV: motorosied two-wheeled vehicles including moped/luna, scooter/scootertte and motorcycle; others include all vehicles other than MTV/ cycle & pedestrians.
  5. ¶ Kruskal test for equality of median: p = 0.197.