An SBI General Insurance claims study found failure to comply with hand hygiene regulations led to a higher incidence of disease, according to Business Standard.
Here are four key takeaways:
1. SBI General Insurance found individuals in the 21- to 30-year-old age group made the most hand hygiene-related disease claims. This cohort comprised 29 percent of total claims for diseases including typhoid, paratyphoid and gastroenteritis.
2. Simple behavior modifications lowered childhood mortality rates related to respiratory and diarrhoeal diseases by 25 percent and 50 percent, respectively.
3. Fifty-seven percent of males made claims for such diseases, compared to 43 percent of females.
4. Of total claims the company received, infective hepatitis comprised 4.7 percent.
"Often people don't realize the importance of hygiene, as basic as washing hands which could prevent a lot of infectious diseases," says SBI General Insurance Senior Vice President Mick Miller. "Having an adequate health insurance policy could provide financial assistance arising out of medical emergency which otherwise will burn a hole in the pocket."
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