Treatment Expenditure Pattern of Epileptic Patients: A Study from a Tertiary Care Hospital, Kolkata, India

Table 4

Distribution of the study population according to the average expenditure for food and lodging for their visit to Medical College Hospital (𝑛=315).

Expenditure/; month (INR)*	Rural		Urban		Total
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Nil	2	2.6	104	43.9	106	33.7
1/— to Rs. 25/—	46	59.0	121	51.1	167	53.0
26/— to Rs. 50/—	26	33.3	12	5.1	38	12.1
51/— to Rs. 75/—	2	2.6	0	0.0	2	0.6
>75/—	2	2.6	0	0.0	2	0.6
Total	78	100	237	100	315	100
Mean ± SD; (INR)	26.28±14.04		8.97±9.68		13.25±13.22; 𝑈=2515.0,; 𝑃=0.001

∗INR: Indian rupees.