Out of pocket payment for diabetes mellitus in a public hospital of Karachi

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the out-of-pocket payment on routine management of type 2 diabetes in patients attending a public-sector facility.

METHODS: The cross-sectional study was conducted from December 2016 to May 2017 at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, and comprised of persons with type 2 diabeties. A pretested questionnaire was administered to collect data from the patients. Comparisons of average out-of-pocket expenditure were done across different groups on the basis of gender, education, monthly income and duration of disease. SPSS 20 was used for data analysis.

RESULTS: Of the 336 subjects, 178(53%) were males and 158(47%) were females. Overall mean age was 52.20+/-12.64 years, and 170(50.6%) were illiterate. The monthly mean cost on diabetes care was PKR2227}2217.70. People with academic level matriculation or higher spent more on the disease (p<0.001). Expenditure increased with the increase in number of years of disease (p<0.001). Participants with income of less than PKR15000 spent higher percentage of their income compared to the participants earning more (p<0.001).

CONCLUSIONS: High out-of-pocket expenditure was incurred by people with diabeties. The coverage of social security nets and individual insurance should be broadened to help improve diabetes management.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:69

Enthalten in:

JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association - 69(2019), 12 vom: 18. Dez., Seite 1864-1875

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ibrahim Hashmi, Syed Muhammad [VerfasserIn]
Shaikh, Shiraz [VerfasserIn]
Tanzil, Sana [VerfasserIn]
Baig, Lubna [VerfasserIn]
Shahid, Nimra [VerfasserIn]
Abdullah, Amna [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Out of pocket, Diabetes, Public hospital, Non-communicable disease.

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Date Completed 15.06.2020

Date Revised 15.06.2020

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.5455/JPMA.298915

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM304538566