Volume 29, Number 12—December 2023
Research
Cost of Acute and Sequelae Care for Japanese Encephalitis Patients, Bangladesh, 2011–2021
Rebeca Sultana
, Rose Slavkovsky, Md. Redowan Ullah, Zareen Tasnim, Sharmin Sultana, Shifat Khan, Tahmina Shirin, Shamsul Haque, Md. Tanvir Hossen, Md. Monjurul Islam, Jesmin Ara Khanom, Abrarul Haque, Arifa Nazneen, Nadia Ali Rimi, Kamal Hossain, Md. Tanbirul Islam, Shariful Hasan, Md. Shameem Yazdany, Md. Shamim Ahsan, Kamran Mehedi, Anthony A. Marfin, G. William Letson, Clint Pecenka, and An Le Thanh Nguyen
, Rose Slavkovsky, Md. Redowan Ullah, Zareen Tasnim, Sharmin Sultana, Shifat Khan, Tahmina Shirin, Shamsul Haque, Md. Tanvir Hossen, Md. Monjurul Islam, Jesmin Ara Khanom, Abrarul Haque, Arifa Nazneen, Nadia Ali Rimi, Kamal Hossain, Md. Tanbirul Islam, Shariful Hasan, Md. Shameem Yazdany, Md. Shamim Ahsan, Kamran Mehedi, Anthony A. Marfin, G. William Letson, Clint Pecenka, and An Le Thanh Nguyen
Table 5
Coping strategies for the expenses of acute care, initial sequelae, and long-term sequelae for JE patients, Bangladesh, November 2011–December 2021*
| Coping strategy | Acute care |
Initial sequelae |
Long-term sequelae |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (%) | Mean, total (SE) | No. (%) | Mean, mo (SE) | No. (%) | Mean, mo (SE) | |||
| Source of funds for JE expenses | ||||||||
| Using savings | 49 (89) | 403 (75) | 59 (91) | 41 (7) | 71 (79) | 47 (15) | ||
| Borrowing | 40 (73) | 734 (112) | 14 (22) | 195 (52) | 26 (29) | 385 (136) | ||
| Donations | 28 (51) | 261 (72) | 14 (22) | 28 (8) | 14 (16) | 22 (7) | ||
| Selling assets | 26 (47) | 683 (146) | 4 (6) | 205 (64) | 10 (11) | 885 (253) | ||
| Cutting down expenses |
3 (5) |
129 (58) |
7 (11) |
73 (31) |
16 (18) |
23 (8) |
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| Sustained debt | ||||||||
| From acute period | NA | NA | 53 (82) | NA | 82(91 | NA | ||
| Still paying | NA | NA | 22 (34) | 96 (33) | 34 (38) | 74 (13) | ||
*Costs are in US$. JE, Japanese encephalitis; NA, not applicable.
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