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. 2010 Jul;83(1):61–68. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0632

Table 3.

Patient expenditures, Tanzania*

Type of expenditure Facility No. Mean cost per patient Standard deviation (TSH) P
TSH U.S. $
Care pre-HF RDT 178 89 0.07 630 0.506
Control 81 46 0.04 298
Drugs at HF RDT 178 464 0.38 1,060 0.002
Control 81 902 0.74 1,407
Out-patient charges RDT 125 79 0.06 117 0.347
Control 56 104 0.08 129
Laboratory fee at HF RDT 122 245 0.20 411 0.841
Control 56 252 0.21 431
Post visit RDT 126 198 0.16 1,008 0.956
Control 56 70 0.06 447
Travel RDT 178 362 0.30 897 0.779
Control 81 270 0.22 440
Total RDT 122 1247 1.02 2,021 0.033
Control 56 1630 1.33 1,826
*

TSH = Tanzanian shilling; HF = health facility; RDT = rapid diagnostic test. Totals are different than sum of means because of varying sample sizes for each group

By Kruskal-Wallis test.