Valuing out-of-pocket expenditure and health related quality of life of COVID-19 patients from Gujarat, India

ABSTRACT

Background: COVID-19 has financially burdened Government's healthcare system as well as households with COVID-19 patients. Present study aims to value the out-of-pocket expenditure and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) using EQ-5D-5L among COVID-19 patients who sought treatment in COVID-19 center of a tertiary hospital in Vadodara, Gujarat.