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Table 3.

Patient expenditures, Tanzania^*

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

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.