Table 4.
Descriptive statistics of components of direct costs for study participants at LAUTECH Teaching Hospital diabetes clinic
| n | Mean | Std. Deviation | Median | 95% Confidence Interval for Mean | Minimum | Maximum | p-value | |||
| Lower Bound | Upper Bound | |||||||||
| Monthly medication cost | Good | 49 | 6772.45 | 4804.102 | 5000 | 5392.55 | 8152.35 | 1000 | 20000 | .64 |
| Moderate | 39 | 6900.00 | 4140.303 | 5557.87 | 8242.13 | 1300 | 20000 | |||
| Poor | 32 | 5965.62 | 4353.390 | 4396.06 | 7535.19 | 1000 | 16500 | |||
| Total | 120 | 6598.75 | 4457.614 | 5793.00 | 7404.50 | 1000 | 20000 | |||
| Monthly cost of | Good | 44 | 1498.64 | 1891.121 | 800 | 923.68 | 2073.59 | 200 | 10000 | .81 |
| investigations | Moderate | 38 | 1772.89 | 2603.174 | 917.25 | 2628.54 | 150 | 10000 | ||
| Poor | 32 | 1807.81 | 2633.595 | 858.30 | 2757.32 | 200 | 11000 | |||
| Total | 114 | 1676.84 | 2345.813 | 1241.57 | 2112.12 | 150 | 11000 | |||
| Monthly transportation cost | Good | 48 | 609.79 | 709.232 | 400 | 403.85 | 815.73 | 60 | 3000 | .92 |
| Moderate | 42 | 641.19 | 869.853 | 370.13 | 912.26 | 10 | 4000 | |||
| Poor | 30 | 682.33 | 663.105 | 434.73 | 929.94 | 60 | 3000 | |||
| Total | 120 | 638.92 | 753.217 | 502.77 | 775.07 | 10 | 4000 | |||
| Consultation fees | Good | 34 | 223.53 | 105.339 | 250 | 186.77 | 260.28 | 100 | 500 | .24 |
| Moderate | 37 | 400.09 | 498.259 | 233.96 | 566.21 | 3 | 3000 | |||
| Poor | 26 | 404.05 | 737.844 | 106.03 | 702.07 | 5 | 4000 | |||
| Total | 97 | 339.26 | 495.978 | 239.30 | 439.22 | 3 | 4000 | |||
Prices in Nigerian Naira, ₦(₦165 Nigerian Naira = $1 US Dollar at the time of data collection)