Table 6.
Recurrent patient-related costs by sex and source of referral (US$)
Source of referral | Male | Female | ALL (USD) | |||||
No of cases | Costs | No of cases | Costs | |||||
Median | Mean | Median | Mean | Median | Mean | |||
Public facility | 13 | 32.72 | 128.44 | 10 | 43.02 | 99.00 | 32.72 | 115.64 |
Private sector | 8 | 30.63 | 144.27 | 7 | 68.35 | 94.81 | 56.31 | 121.19 |
Self-referred | 4 | 63.74 | 473.15 | 1 | 32.94 | 32.94 | 30.17 | 385.10 |
Semi government | 2 | 105.47 | 160.42 | 5 | 44.47 | 472.84 | 44.47 | 383.58 |
All referral sources | 27 | 32.72 | 186.57 | 23 | 55.27 | 176.13 | 35.94 | 181.77 |
A breakdown of patient-related recurrent costs by source of referral and sex is reported with No of cases indicating frequency of each. All costs are reported in US$).