Table 4.
Mean costs ($US*) for treatment incurred by the caregiver for an episode of pediatric diarrhea in a sample of 551 Bolivian children seeking care for acute diarrhea, 2007 – 2009, stratified by SUMI status
|
Type of cost |
SUMI |
Non-SUMI |
P ** | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean | SEM | n | Mean | SEM | ||
|
Direct medical costs |
266 |
|
|
47 |
|
|
|
| Diagnostic |
|
1.00 |
0.50 |
|
0.50 |
0.00 |
0.42 |
| Medicines |
|
4.50 |
0.50 |
|
5.00 |
1.00 |
<0.01 |
| Consultation Fees |
|
1.00 |
0.00 |
|
20.00 |
5.50 |
<0.01 |
| Total |
|
6.00 |
1.00 |
|
25.00 |
6.00 |
<0.01 |
|
Direct non-medical costs |
266 |
|
|
47 |
|
|
|
| Transportation |
|
3.00 |
0.50 |
|
3.00 |
1.00 |
0.38 |
| Food during visit |
|
1.50 |
0.00 |
|
2.00 |
0.00 |
0.01 |
| Diapers |
|
2.50 |
0.50 |
|
4.50 |
1.00 |
0.18 |
| Child care |
|
0.50 |
0.50 |
|
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.47 |
|
Total |
|
8.00 |
0.50 |
|
9.50 |
1.50 |
0.10 |
|
Total Direct Costs |
|
14.00 |
1.00 |
|
34.50 |
6.00 |
<0.01 |
|
Indirect Costs (lost wages) |
127 |
14.00 |
2.50 |
21 |
26.50 |
4.50 |
<0.01 |
|
Total (direct and indirect) cost per episode
†
|
266 |
20.50 |
2.00 |
47 |
46.50 |
7.50 |
<0.01 |
| Cost burden (Total Costs as% of annual income) | 266 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 47 | 1.8 | 0.3 | <0.01 |
*Mean costs and SEMs are rounded to the nearest $0.50.
†Total costs less than the sum of direct and indirect costs due to the missing values for indirect costs, which are treated as zero in total cost calculations.
**P-value for Kruskal-Wallis one-way analysis of variance test (non-parametric). Italicized text indicates p < 0.05.