INDIA - Survey on Health Care: NSS 52nd Round, Schedule 25, 1995 - 1996

Medical Expenditure:
The expenses incurred during the stay in the hospital or the total expenditure born by the individual.
Items of expenditure included in other expenses are :

* purchase of medicines, bandages, plaster, oxygen, blood etc. from outside the hospital
* diagnostic tests and therapies done from outside the hospital
* consultation fees paid to medical personnel outside the hospital
* charges for ambulance when not provided by the hospital

It may be noted that the following was not included in this item :

(a) transport charges in connection with treatment
(b) cost of food for the patient
(c)purchase of medical appliances of durable nature for the patient