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 (𝑛=315).

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)	120.71±219.93		95.93±168.81		102.06±182.74; 𝑈=764.50,; 𝑃=0.304

∗INR: Indian rupees.