Prospective study of determinants and costs of home births in Mumbai slums

Table 5 Expenditure on care for normal delivery in 48 Mumbai slums

Values are Indian Rupee	N	Median	IQR	Range
Delivery in Mumbai
Home delivery*
TBA fee	73	500	500-600	50-1550
Fluids	3	300	150-500	150-500
Doctor's fee	48	200	100-250	50-700
Medications	22	200	100-300	10-500
Injections	18	175	50-300	50-700
Delivery kit	26	10	6-60	6-500
Other	35	300	150-500	20-876
Total	90	930	550-1260	0-3500
Institutional delivery
Public sector
Direct	473	1000	500-2000	0-45000
Indirect	473	500	300-860	0-23450
Total	473	1550	950-2641	290-45000
Private sector
Direct	258	5000	3500-7225	60-35000
Indirect	258	500	200-950	0-10000
Total	258	5510	3950-8100	360-35700
Outside Mumbai
Home delivery*
TBA fee	60	300	200-500	100-3000
Fluids	7	300	200-1300	150-3000
Doctor fee	25	200	100-400	30-2000
Injections	11	200	80-250	50-400
Medications	16	175	100-400	20-3500
Delivery kit	10	50	6-300	6-800
Other	32	200	115-350	12-5100
Total	84	550	300-1075	0-7290
Institutional delivery
Public sector
Direct	69	1000	500-1500	0-7000
Indirect	69	400	150-700	0-3000
Total	69	1300	930-2000	50-8000
Private sector
Direct	62	2780	1500-5000	500-14000
Indirect	62	425	150-650	0-5400
Total	62	3580	1900-5220	550-15400

Data presented for 1204 women for the period January-March 2007.
*Some respondents were unable to break down the costs of delivery into items. Total figures are therefore based on larger samples.
TBA: traditional birth attendant, dai; IQR: interquartile range.

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