Table 3.

Formal healthcare sector costs (per patient).

	IV ceftriaxone (n = 62)	Oral ciprofloxacin (n = 66)	Overall	T test/Fisher’s exact test P value
Total formal healthcare sector costs	$18,785	$15,013	$16,840	0.008
Outpatient services	$3596	$2280	$2917	< 0.001
Inpatient stay	$15,171	$12,680	$13,886	0.08
Durable medical equipment	$6	$15	$11	0.26
No. (%) of patients who incurred out-of-pocket expenses for durable medical equipment	3 (5%)	6 (9%)	9 (7%)	0.49
Supplementary medicine/services	$13	$39	$26	0.11
No. (%) of patients who incurred out-of-pocket expenses for supplementary medicine/services	8 (13%)	11 (17%)	19 (15%)	0.62