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Published in final edited form as: Trop Med Int Health. 2008 May 6;13(7):934–942. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02094.x

Table 5.

Median and inter-quartile range of medical direct cost in Indian rupees of rotavirus positive and rotavirus negative hospitalisations

	CMC hospitalisations			CHAD hospitalisations
	RV+ (n = 34)	RV− (n = 37)	P-value	RV+ (n = 5)	RV− (n = 7)	P-value
Length of stay (days)	2 (2, 4)	2 (2, 4)	0.717	3 (1.5, 3)	3 (2, 4)	0.432
Visit cost	1576.6 (1468.1, 3095.6)	2110.6 (1575.6, 3417.6)	0.489	1133.4 (729.0, 1433.5)	1342.0 (1033.0, 1770.0)	0.530
Medication cost^†	211.3 (154.6, 403.1)	320.8 (267.6, 441.7)	0.021	0 (0, 61.5)	0 (0, 175)	0.268
Diagnostic cost^‡	425.0 (180.0, 1070.0)	1040.0 (342.5, 1630.0)	0.024	193.1 (105.3, 283.7)	255.4 (190.5, 303.4)	0.639
Medical direct costs	3128.0 (1899.6, 4224.1)	3420.3 (2616.9, 5467.9)	0.164	1529.4 (918.9, 1756.2)	1651.5 (1502.7, 2159.5)	0.202

CMC, Christian Medical College; CHAD, Community Health and Development Hospital; UHC, Urban Health Centre; RV, rotavirus.

^†

Costs calculated from the healthcare system perspective.

^‡

Cost of Rotavirus testing not included in diagnostic cost.