Table 3.
Mean cost for malaria, pneumonia and meningitis treatment in 2005 US$ among children admitted to seven Kenyan hospitals
| Hospital | Diagnosis | No of patients | Average length of stay (days) | Mean drug costs | Mean cost of investigations | Mean bed-day cost | Mean (SD) health sector cost per patient* | Median (IQR) health sector cost* |
| National hospital | ||||||||
| H1 | Malaria | 27 | 4.3 | 4.07 | 16.49 | 75.03 | 95.58 (78.27) | 78.72 (40.36–125.41) |
| Pneumonia | 49 | 8.2 | 15.17 | 18.70 | 143.26 | 177.14 (206.76) | 117.40 (58.97–201.90) | |
| Meningitis | 43 | 12.8 | 24.33 | 36.95 | 223.37 | 284.64 (239.38) | 222.60 (159.68–317.06) | |
| Provincial hospital | ||||||||
| H2 | Malaria | 29 | 4.7 | 8.68 | 9.77 | 63.40 | 81.84 (73.60) | 58.73 (37.46–103.60) |
| Pneumonia | 31 | 6.6 | 6.57 | 3.53 | 89.67 | 99.26 (71.14) | 71.94 (55.26–109.75) | |
| Meningitis | 24 | 11.7 | 18.41 | 13.29 | 157.71 | 189.41 (141.58) | 165.31(126.24–237.23) | |
| District hospitals | ||||||||
| H3 | Malaria | 44 | 4.8 | 3.06 | 26.25 | 45.91 | 75.22 (42.09) | 75.13 (36.33–102.84) |
| Pneumonia | 29 | 4.8 | 2.23 | 8.44 | 45.89 | 56.55 (60.37) | 41.42 (23.75–69.89) | |
| H4 | Malaria | 25 | 4.7 | 4.11 | 5.85 | 45.19 | 55.16 (30.67) | 46.64 (34.13–67.76) |
| Pneumonia | 30 | 6.7 | 2.88 | 4.94 | 64.14 | 71.96 (29.38) | 56.00 (52.65–84.09) | |
| H5 | Malaria | 25 | 3.8 | 2.68 | 8.51 | 36.00 | 47.19 (43.16) | 37.98 (33.21–45.01) |
| Pneumonia | 17 | 4.2 | 4.29 | 9.79 | 39.98 | 54.06 (33.82) | 50.65 (30.90–66.61) | |
| Malaria and pneumonia | 20 | 4.5 | 2.42 | 8.03 | 43.08 | 53.53(34.41) | 79.00(34.91–121.16) | |
| Mission hospitals | ||||||||
| H6 | Malaria | 30 | 4.5 | 13.15 | 31.62 | 43.40 | 88.18 (59.92) | 72.82 (43.65–113.83) |
| Pneumonia | 30 | 7.8 | 32.15 | 35.39 | 74.68 | 142.22 (103.39) | 140.49 (51.04–185.23) | |
| Meningitis | 22 | 11.8 | 44.03 | 44.85 | 112.71 | 201.59(126.41) | 162.00(115.16–248.14) | |
| H7 | Malaria | 31 | 3.1 | 6.34 | 6.55 | 29.34 | 42.23 (23.60) | 36.46 (32.80–46.45) |
| Pneumonia | 19 | 3.4 | 3.05 | 7.56 | 32.75 | 43.36 (29.75) | 35.53 (31.96–51.01) | |
*Excluding pre-admission costs, caretaker time and transport costs, but including revenues generated from user fees.