title: Direct and Indirect Costs of Pediatric Gastroenteritis in Vellore, India.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine costs of pediatric gastroenteritis in out-patient and in-patient facilities.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional survey of children with acute gastroenteritis attending out-patient clinic (n=30) or admitted in the ward (n=30) for management in the Christian Medical College, Vellore, India from July-September 2014 to estimate direct (drugs, tests, consultation/hospitalization) and indirect (travel, food, lost wages) costs associated with the episode.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Median direct and indirect costs were Rs 590 and Rs 190 for out-patient management and Rs 7258 and Rs. 610 for hospitalization, constituting 1.1% and 11% of median annual household income, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Escalating healthcare costs need tracking for evaluation of interventions.
authors: Division of Gastrointestinal Sciences, and *Department of Child Health; Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. Correspondence to: Dr Gagandeep Kang, Division of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, TN 632 004, India. gkang@cmcvellore.ac.in.
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mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn