Household costs of hospitalized dengue illness in semi-rural Thailand.
Yesim TozanPitcha RatanawongMaquines Odhiambo SeweAnnelies Wilder-SmithPattamaporn KittayapongPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2017)
Although 74% of the households reported that the patient received free medical care, hospitalized dengue illness cost approximately 19-23% of the monthly household income. These results indicated that dengue imposed a substantial financial burden on households in Thailand where a great majority of the population was covered by the Universal Coverage Scheme for health care.