Research Article
Treatment Expenditure Pattern of Epileptic Patients: A Study from a Tertiary Care Hospital, Kolkata, India
Table 2
Distribution of the study population according to the average drug expenditure (
).
| Expenditure/ month (INR)* |
Rural |
Urban |
Total | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
| Free of cost | 53 | 67.9 | 166 | 70.0 | 219 | 69.5 | 1/— to Rs. 100/— | 5 | 6.4 | 5 | 2.1 | 10 | 3.2 | 101/— to Rs. 200/— | 2 | 2.6 | 5 | 2.1 | 7 | 2.2 | 201/— to Rs. 300/— | 5 | 6.4 | 35 | 14.8 | 40 | 12.7 | 301/— to Rs. 400/— | 5 | 6.4 | 11 | 4.6 | 16 | 5.1 | 401/— to Rs. 500/— | 2 | 2.6 | 4 | 1.7 | 6 | 1.9 | >500/— | 6 | 7.7 | 11 | 4.6 | 17 | 5.4 |
| Total | 78 | 100 | 237 | 100 | 315 | 100 |
| Mean SD (INR) | | | ,
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INR: Indian rupees.
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