Table 6 Household mean out-of-pocket expenditurea(in PKR) by catchment population
Services | Contracted (n = 350) | Control (n = 654) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||
Expenditure by different items | |||
Consultation | 1428 (1310) | 1427 (1110) | 0.99 |
Medicine | 912 (486) | 876 (479) | 0.35 |
Diagnostics | 577 (255) | 480 (258) | <0.001 |
Transport | 2052 (1262) | 1360 (1138) | <0.001 |
Expenditure by MNCH services (adjusted for transport expenditure) | |||
Antenatal care | 1075 (440) | 963 (443) | 0.002 |
Normal delivery | 600 (782) | 1425 (1186) | <0.001 |
Complicated delivery | 7129 (4333) | 5571 (4016) | 0.05 |
Caesarean delivery | 27212 (9400) | 22272 (10892) | 0.18 |
Postnatal care | 697 (414) | 703 (399) | 0.89 |
Newborn illness | 746 (421) | 903 (522) | 0.02 |