Treatment-seeking and out-of-pocket expenditure on childhood illness in a migrant tribal community in Bhubaneswar, Odisha State, India.

Further studies are warranted to address the low access to government health care and thereby reduce high OOP expenditure by tribal migrants on low incomes. Efforts are required to increase the ability of communities and health providers to identify and address the issues of gender and equity in health care along with a focus on culture-sensitive service provision.