Delay in shifting to a hospital (42% of 85) Payment* of hospital costs % (n=80)†
Reasons* for delay % (n=36)
Misjudged severity of illness 30.6 Family income and savings 87.5
Economic constraint 33.3 Borrow from relatives or friends 46.2
No transport to shift 33.3 Borrow from moneylender or microcredit 6.2
Hospital at too far 19.4
Male person not available 30.6 Assets mortgage or sale 3.7
Others (doctor absent, rain, strike) 8.3 Health insurance 1.2
Patient afraid of surgical operation 5.6 Other 1.2