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. 2007 May 18;7:84. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-84

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$).