Pavel, Md Sadik; Chakrabarty, Sayan; Gow, Jeff - 2015
time off work and foregone wages. Private hospital patients have higher average direct costs than public hospital patients …. However, average indirect costs are higher for public hospital patients than private hospital patients by a factor of almost …’s income, gender, age or illness. Conclusion Overall, public hospital patients, who tend to be the poorest, bear a larger …