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Table 3 Health resource utilization among outpatients with acute respiratory infection, August 2012-March 2013, National Capital Region and Srinagar, India, N = 1056

From: The cost of acute respiratory infections in Northern India: a multi-site study

 

<=5 years

6-17 years

18-64 years

> = 65 years

Public

Private

Public

Private

Public

Private

Public

Private

n = 262

n = 118

n = 110

n = 26

n = 345

n = 64

n = 121

n = 10

(%)1

(%)1

(%)1

(%)1

(%)1

(%)1

(%)1

(%)1

Prior Non-Medical Consultation

43 (17)

39 (67)

24 (22)

4 (15)

83 (24)

12 (19)

25 (21)

3 (30)

Prior Medical Consultation

109 (41)

17 (14)

33 (30)

10 (38)

84 (24)

14 (22)

46 (38)

4 (40)

Follow-up Medical Consultation

76 (29)

31 (26)

39 (35)

6 (23)

54 (16)

5 (8)

35 (29)

1 (10)

Medications Prescribed

250 (98)

114 (97)

102 (98)

26 (100)

333 (97)

64 (100)

117 (98)

10 (100)

Radiological Studies

9 (3)

4 (3)

10 (9)

2 (8)

42 (12)

2 (3)

18 (15)

1 (10)

Patient Missed Work

-

-

-

-

125 (36)

6 (9)

9 (7)

1 (10)

Caregiver Missed Work

87 (34)

12 (10)

41 (38)

2 (8)

60 (17)

3 (5)

19 (16)

1 (10)

Patient/Caregiver Lost Money

5 (2)

5 (4)

1 (1%)

3 (12)

51 (15)

4 (6)

5 (4)

1 (10)

  1. 1The percentage of participants who answered ‘yes’ to the question (related to a given variable) with all participants who answered the question as the denominator.