Table 3.
Household-level direct treatment costs for seeking care from community medicine distributors
Variable |
Rural (n = 304) |
Urban (n = 166) |
Overall (n = 470) |
p-value |
||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | Median | SD | Mean | Median | SD | Mean | Median | SD | ||
Total cost (UGX) |
119.4 |
0 |
593.9 |
392.8 |
62.5 |
1,427.0 |
216.0 |
0 |
980.5 |
0.008 |
Total cost (USD) | 0.05 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.16 | 0.03 | 0.59 | 0.09 | 0 | 0.41 |
Source: Authors’ computations using field survey data (Exchange rate: US$1 = UGX2,400/=)