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

Table 5

Distribution of the study population according to the average total expenditure for treatment of epilepsy (𝑛=315).

Expenditure/; month (INR)*	Rural		Urban		Total
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Nil	0	0.0	11	4.6	11	3.5
1–200/—	46	59.0	145	61.2	191	60.6
201–400	15	19.2	45	19.0	60	19.0
401–600	5	6.4	19	8.0	24	7.6
601–800	5	6.4	12	5.1	17	5.4
801–1000	2	2.6	1	0.4	3	1.0
>1000	5	6.4	4	1.7	9	2.9
Total	78	100	237	100	315	100
Mean ± SD; (INR)	306.67±340.59		191.28±229.16		219.85 ± 265.34; 𝑈=3575.50,; 𝑃=0.212

∗INR: Indian rupees.