Economic burden of hypertension care on households of Malwani slum of Mumbai: a cross-sectional study

Authors

  • Bharat S. Thakare Research officer & Project Manager, MAHAN Trust, Melghat, Maharashtra
  • Ambadas Adhav Research officer & Project Manager, MAHAN Trust, Melghat, Maharashtra
  • Suhas Kadam Consultant, Research and Documentation, State Health Systems Resource Centre, Maharashtra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20150634

Keywords:

Economic burden, Out of pocket expenditure, Hypertension, Malwani Slum, Mumbai, Non Communicable Diseases

Abstract

Background: Hypertension is a chronic non-communicable disease that effects adversely on heart, brain and kidney. Nearly 2/3rd of all hypertensive patients live in low and middle income countries, so the economic burden of hypertension is huge. India is one of those countries which spent more than 1/3rd of all income on CVD and hypertension. This study was conceptualized to study the disease and economic burden of hypertension.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in New Collector Compound (NCC) of Malwani. Five plots of NCC were selected by simple random sampling. A list of hypertensive patients was prepared by house-to-house survey. Fifty per cent patients were selected randomly for studying economic burden.

Results: The study covered 447 households and 2360 persons. Eighty participants (3.4%) were found hypertensive. The average annual total cost of hypertension and related disorders was Rs. 7154. It was Rs. 6073 and Rs. 8235 for government and private respectively. Only 7.50% households were not incurring any cost of illness. The average annual out of pocket expenditure (OOPE) was Rs. 4042 and Rs. 7621 for government and private facilities respectively. Fifteen per cent households were incurring catastrophic expenditure at highest threshold of 40%. The catastrophic spending led to impoverishment of 34.2% households.

Conclusions: High prevalence of hypertension, high OOPE, high incidence of catastrophic spending and impoverishment among households intensively reflect the need of interventions. Early preventive measures may be a key in controlling economic and disease burden. There is need to provide the financial risk protection against the OOPE for outpatient care.

 

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2017-01-12

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Thakare, B. S., Adhav, A., & Kadam, S. (2017). Economic burden of hypertension care on households of Malwani slum of Mumbai: a cross-sectional study. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 3(9), 2376–2381. https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20150634

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