Consequences of hypertension and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, healthcare-seeking behaviors of patients, and responses of the health system: a population-based cross-sectional study in Bangladesh

Table 6 Out-of-pocket expenditures (in taka ^a ) per visit for seeking non-domiciliary treatment for HT, COPD and co-morbidity by area

Type of illness and sex of the patients	Dhaka (Urban)				Matlab (Rural)
	Overall		% of overall mean		Overall		% of overall mean
	N	mean	Treatment^b	Travel	N	mean	Treatment^b	Travel
Any illness	463	1749	96.8	3.2	686	371	92.2	7.8
HT	202	1385	94.4	5.6	132	525	83.8	16.2
COPD	153	3275	98.3	1.7	377	342	96.2	3.8
Co-morbidity	108	269	94.4	5.6	177	319	93.4	6.6
Sex of the patients
Male	239	1054	95.6	4.4	432	367	94.0	6.0
Female	224	2491	97.4	2.6	254	378	89.1	10.8

N = number of visits, ^aTaka 78 = US$1, ^btreatment cost includes consultation fee and costs of diagnostic test and medicines.

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