Socio-Economic Impact of HIV and AIDS in Tamil nadu

Table 7.9
Distribution of non-hospitalised illness episodes by source of treatment for male
and female PLWHA
(in Percentages)
Source of treatment Male Female All
1. Government 49.5 60.8 53.7
2. Private 40.7 24.7 34.8
3 Charitable trust/NGO 7.6 12.9 9.6
4. Faith healer/religious person -- -- --
5 Others 2.1 1.5 1.9
Total 100 100 100
Number of episodes 329 194 523
Table 7.10
Distribution of non-hospitalised illness episodes by source of treatment and
by annual household income groups
Source of treatment
Upto 20,000 20,001-
30,000
Annual household income (Rs.)
30,001-
41,000
41,001-
84,000
(in Percentages)
>84,000 All
1 Government 54.6 56.9 59.4 51.6 28.0 53.7
2 Private 25.4 31.9 31.9 45.3 72.0 34.8
3 Charitable trust/NGO 17.3 9.5 5.8 2.3 -- 9.6
4 Faith healer/religious
-- -- -- -- -- --
person
5 Others 2.7 1.7 2.9 0.8 -- 1.9
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100
It is seen that at the lowest level,
treatment has been sought mostly from
government facilities and NGOs (72% in
toto). However, going upwards on the
income scale, this percentage decreases
and the percentage of episodes for
which treatment has been received from
private facilities increases. At the highest
income stage level, only 28 percent
of the episodes have been treated at
government facilities, and the remaining
72 percent have received treatment at
private health facilities.
7.2.6 Out-of-pocket expenses
incurred on treatment
In Table 7.11, the average expenditure
incurred by the PLWHA on the treatment
of illness episodes is presented with
reference to the source of treatment.
The expenditure incurred by households
includes amount spent on fees, medicines
and clinical tests, transport costs, as well
as bribes and tips. It is seen from the table
that whatever the source of treatment,
the households have to make a certain
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