Costs incurred by outpatients at a university hospital in northwestern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.

Fitsum Sebsibe TeniBegashaw Melaku GebresillassieEshetie Melese BirruSewunet Admasu BelachewYonas Getaye TeferaBefikadu Legesse WubishetBethelhem Hailu TekleyesBilal Tessema Yimer

Published in: BMC health services research (2018)

Outpatients visiting the hospital incurred significant costs for illnesses/conditions associated with their visit to the hospital, the main components being nonmedical and indirect costs. Residence, marital status and payment scheme, predicted median total cost. Direct nonmedical costs and indirect costs were found to be significant components associated to the spending and loss of earning by patients and their families in their trip to and from the hospital.

Keyphrases

healthcare
end stage renal disease
acute care
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
adverse drug
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
risk factors
health insurance
patient reported outcomes