Table 4.
Estimated total household economic cost of BU, Ghana, 2012
| Direct costs |
Economic cost (US$) |
Cost profile (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children (n = 45) | Adults (n = 18) | Total (n = 63) | ||
| Medical cost: |
|
|
|
|
| Wound dressing supplies (i.e., bandages, gauze, disinfectants, vaseline) |
504.32 (11.21)† |
606.79 (33.71) |
1,111.11 (17.64) |
3.1 |
| Other treatments (i.e., medication & laboratory tests ): |
53.70 (1.19) |
28.52 (1.58) |
82.22 (1.31) |
0.2 |
| Sub-total: |
558.02 (12.40) |
635.31 (35.30) |
1,193.33 (18.94) |
3.3 |
| Non-medical cost: |
|
|
|
|
| Transportation |
18,866.67 (419.26) |
9,150.33 (508.35) |
28,017.00 (444.71) |
78.1 |
| Food (i.e., patient & caregiver) |
3,094.63 (68.77) |
1,300.00 (72.22) |
4,394.63 (69.76) |
12.2 |
| Miscellaneous (i.e., soap, clothes, disinfectants, phone calls etc.) |
594.69 (13.22) |
337.66 (18.76) |
932.35 (14.80) |
2.6 |
| Sub-total: |
22,555.99 (501.24) |
10,787.99 (599.33) |
33,343.98 (529.27) |
92.8 |
| Total direct cost |
23,114.01 (513.64) |
11,423.30 (634.63) |
34,537.31 (548.21) |
96.2 |
| Total valued indirect cost (i.e., productivity lost) |
332.98* (7.40) |
1,045.69 (58.09) |
1,378.67 (21.88) |
3.8 |
| Total cost (direct + indirect costs) | 23,446.99 (521.04) | 12,468.99 (692.72) | 35,915.98 (570.09) | 100 |
*Caregivers associated cost not children.
†Figures in parenthesis are means.