Funding for this research was provided by:
Department of Health Research, Government of India (F.No.T.11011/02/2017-HR/3100291)
Article History
Accepted: 13 December 2023
First Online: 10 January 2024
Declarations
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: This work was supported by the Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India vide grant number F.No.T.11011/02/2017-HR/3100291.
: Nidhi Gupta, Dharna Gupta, Kiran Gopal Vaska, and Shankar Prinja have no conflicts of interest that are directly relevant to the content of this article.
: The study protocol was approved by the Institute Ethics Committee of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India (IEC-03/2020-1565).
: Written informed consent was obtained from all the study participants for QoL and OOP expenditures.
: The study participants consented to their data being used for publication.
: The datasets generated and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on request.
: The code that supports the findings of this study is available from the corresponding author on request.
: Study conception: DG, NG, and SP. Study design: NG and DG. Analysis: DG, NG, and SP. Writing (first draft): DG, NG, and SP. Writing (review and editing): DG, NG, SP and KGV.