Table 5.

Direct and indirect cost (in 1,000 Vietnamese Dong) of dengue to patients with and without health insurance, Can Tho Province, Vietnam, 2006–2007^*

Cost	No.	Mean	SD	Minimum	Maximum
Direct*
Total	144	2,154	1,757	75	10,000
With insurance	83	1,673
Without insurance	61	2,811
For medicine and hospital service
Total	144	1,288	1,372	75	6,700
With insurance	83	816
Without insurance	61	1,932
For food and transport
Total	144	866	817	0	4,900
With insurance	83	857
Without insurance	61	879
Indirect (household income lost)
Total	144	644	1,058	0	11,000
With insurance	83	528
Without insurance	61	792
Total (direct and indirect)
Total	144	2,798	2,364	75	20,150
With insurance	83	2,201
Without insurance	61	3,603

^*Significant difference between two means of with and without insurance card (P < 0.001).