Does use of tobacco or alcohol contribute to impoverishment from hospitalization costs in India?

• DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czi005
• Publication Date: 2005-02-02T14:16:03Z
• Authors: Sekhar Bonu; Manju Rani; David H Peters; Prabhat Jha; Son Nam Nguyen
• Keywords: Adult; Financing, Personal; Adolescent; Alcohol Drinking; India; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Cost of Illness; Risk Factors; Humans; Hospital Costs; Child; Poverty; Family Characteristics; Likelihood Functions; Medically Uninsured; 1. No poverty; Infant; Middle Aged; Health Surveys; 3. Good health; Hospitalization; Child, Preschool; Health Expenditures

The study investigates the association between tobacco and alcohol use, potential risk of impoverishment from borrowing distress selling assets for meeting costs hospitalization in India. Data fifty-second round National Sample Survey, a representative survey 120,942 households across India, were used to investigate likelihood levels cover expenditures among regular users and/or alcohol, non-users where there was with no use. data analyzed by bivariate comparisons multivariate logistic ordinary least square regression. found higher borrowing/distress during individuals who use (OR 1.35, p<0.05), but belong that 1.38, both 1.51, even after controlling socio-economic demographic factors. same groups also met percentage through assets. adjusted population-attributable proportion meet hospital 16%. suggests is an due hospitalization. While reduction poverty overarching goal developing countries multilateral development organizations, very little mentioned about control framework development. It might be necessary include strategies larger reduction.