Table 2. Costs per hospitalization episode for foodborne diarrhea cases by health facilities.

Costs	National		Province		District		Commune		Overall
	VND	US$	VND	US$	VND	US$	VND	US$	VND	US$
Direct medical costs
Amount	1,396,174	67.7	795,391	38.6	651,339	31.6	108,241	5.2	737,786	35.8
% of total cost	32.6		32.5		37.1		33.0		33.8
Direct non-medical costs (patients and relatives)
Amount	1,286,683	62.4	250,000	12.1	230,668	11.2	20,000	1.0	446,838	21.7
% of total cost	30.0		10.2		13.1		6.1		14.9
Indirect cost (costs of times due to the patient's illness)
Amount	1,600,000	77.6	1,400,000	67.9	875,000	42.4	200,000	9.7	1,018,750	49.4
% of total cost	37.4		57.3		49.8		60.9		51.3
Total costs per hospitalization episode
Amount	4,282,857	207.7	2,445,391	118.6	1,757,007	85.2	328,241	15.9	2,203,373.9	106.9
% of total cost	100.0		100.0		100.0		100.0		100.0
Total costs per hospitalization day (amount)	973,377	47.2	764,185	37.1	702,803	34.1	328,241	15.9	500,767	33.6

VND, Vietnamese Dong.