Table 1.
Average household cost of cholera treatment, BDT (US$ * )
| Costs | Parameters | Average cost | Standard deviation | Proportion of total cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Direct Medical |
Diagnostic |
9.6 (0.1) |
75.7 (1) |
9 |
| Medicine |
148.7 (2) |
246 (3.) |
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| Registration fee |
26.1 (0.3) |
130.6 (1.7) |
||
| Paramedics home visit fee |
2.8 (-) |
21.5 (0.3) |
||
| Bed/ Cabin charge |
16.9 (0.2) |
130.7 (1.7) |
||
|
Direct Non-Medical |
Transportation cost |
140 (1.9) |
122 (1.6) |
15.6 |
| food items |
63(0.8) |
85 (1.1) |
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| Informal payment |
0.7 (-) |
9 (0.1) |
||
| Caregivers payment |
0.1 (-) |
1 (-) |
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| Materials (mug/glass/coil etc.) |
10.6(0.1) |
17 (0.2) |
||
| Lodging |
28 (0.4) |
101 (1.3) |
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| Caregivers expenditure |
113.2 (1.5) |
172 (2.3) |
||
|
Total direct cost |
|
559.5 (7.4) |
641.7 (8.5) |
24.6 |
|
In-direct |
Patients income loss |
811 (11) |
4,301 (57) |
|
| Caregivers income loss |
908 (12.2) |
3,701 (49) |
|
|
| Total indirect cost |
1,719 (23) |
5,656 (75.4) |
75.4 |
|
| Total cost of illness of household | 2,278.5 (30.4) | 5,668 (75.6) | 100 | |
*1 US dollar (US$) = 75 Bangladeshi Taka (BDT) in mid 2011.