Table 1.

Average Annual Treatment Costs in US $ by Patient Demographic Characteristics and Health Care Centre in the UAE, during 2004 (N = 150)

Patient Socio Demographic Characteristics		N	%(95% C.I)	Mean $ Annual Cost	Std Deviation
Participant Health Care Centre	Tawam hospital	95	63.3 (55.6-71.0)	5,262	5,980
	Al-Ain Hospital	55	36.7 (29.0-44.4)	5,096	5,779
Sex	Male	101	33% (25.5-40.5)	5,470	6,028
	Female	48	67% (59.5-74.5)	4,646	5,609
Education level	Illiterate	55	46% (38.0-54.0)	5,602	5,747
	Primary school	48	27% (20.2-34.4)	4,473	6,388
	Secondary school	20	19% (9.0-20.4)	4,583	4,880
	Completed University	26	6% (6.8-17.2)	6,078	6,567
Nationality	UAE	50	48% (40.4-56.0)	5,645	5,966
	GCC	4	7% (2.9-11.1)	7,025	5,532
	Other Arabs	59	30% (22.7-37.3)	4,417	6,016
	Asians	35	15% (9.3-20.7)	4,304	5,405
Occupation	Housewife or Retired	70	57.0% (49.1-64.9)	5,493	5,876
	Employee	42	22.8% (16.1-29.6)	5,650	6,759
	Labourer	33	16.8% (10.8-22.8)	4,334	5,260
	Student	3	3.4% (0.5-6.3)	2,350	976
Age Group	<20 yr	1	0.4%	2,610	1,492
	20 - 39 yr	10	7% (3.7-12.3)	1,328	1,331
	40 - 60 yr	99	59% (51.1-66.9)	4,759	5,939
	>=61 yr	38	33% (25.5-40.5)	6,175	6,647