ArticleTropical medicine and infectious disease2018
Cost of Caregivers for Treating Hospitalized Diarrheal Patients in Bangladesh.
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- Catastrophic health expenditures and medical impoverishment in Bangladesh: evidence from the Household Income and Expenditure Survey.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Economic burden of dengue in urban Bangladesh: A societal perspective.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Article
- Change in economic burden of diarrhoea in children under-five in Bangladesh: 2007 vs. 2018.Journal of global health · 2023Article
- The economic burden of rotavirus hospitalization among children < 5 years of age in selected hospitals in Bangladesh.Vaccine · 2021Article
- Taking care of a diarrhea epidemic in an urban hospital in Bangladesh: Appraisal of putative causes, presentation, management, and deaths averted.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Article
- The economic burden of diarrhea in children under 5 years in Bangladesh.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionDiarrheal diseases are a global public health problem and one of the leading causes of mortality, morbidity and economic loss. The objective of the study is to estimate the economic cost of caregivers and cost distribution per diarrheal episodes in Bangladesh.
methodsThis was a cross-sectional hospital-based study conducted in public hospitals in Bangladesh. A total of 801 diarrheal patients were randomly selected and interviewed during January to December 2015. Simple descriptive statistics including frequencies, percentage, mean with 95% CI and median are presented.
resultsThe overall average cost of caregivers was BDT 2243 (US$ 28.58) while only BDT 259 (US$ 3.29) was spent as out of pocket payments. Caregivers mostly spent money (US$ 1.63) for food, lodging, utility bills, and other lump sum costs followed by the transportation costs (US$ 1.57). The caregivers spent more (US$ 44.45) when they accompanied the patients who were admitted in inpatients care and almost 3.6 times higher than for out-patients care (US$ 12.42).
conclusionsThe study delivers an empirical evidence to the health-care programmers and policy makers about the economic cost of caregivers during diarrheal treatment care, which should be accounted for in designing future diarrheal prevention programme.
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