Table 3. Direct costs per hospitalization episode for foodborne diarrhea cases by health facilities.
| Cost | National | Province | District | Commune | Overall | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VND | US$ | % | VND | US$ | % | VND | US$ | % | VND | US$ | % | VND | US$ | % | |
| Clinical staffs | 475,000 | 23.0 | 34.0 | 280,000 | 13.6 | 35.2 | 179,688 | 8.7 | 27.6 | 28,125 | 1.4 | 26.0 | 240,703 | 11.7 | 30.7 |
| Lab test | 111,203 | 5.4 | 8.0 | 88,980 | 4.3 | 11.2 | 124,406 | 6.0 | 19.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 81,147 | 3.9 | 9.6 |
| Medicine | 415,012 | 20.1 | 29.7 | 276,208 | 13.4 | 34.7 | 197,543 | 9.6 | 30.3 | 53,000 | 2.6 | 49.0 | 235,441 | 11.4 | 35.9 |
| Medical consumables | 63,593 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 25,600 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 57,405 | 2.8 | 8.8 | 5,000 | 0.2 | 4.6 | 37,900 | 1.8 | 5.3 |
| Capital costs | 98,670 | 4.8 | 7.1 | 52,294 | 2.5 | 6.6 | 33,085 | 1.6 | 5.1 | 12,276 | 0.6 | 11.3 | 49,081 | 2.4 | 7.5 |
| Overhead, admin costs | 232,696 | 11.3 | 16.7 | 72,308 | 3.5 | 9.1 | 59,213 | 2.9 | 9.1 | 9,840 | 0.5 | 9.1 | 93,514 | 4.5 | 11.0 |
| Total direct costs per hospitalization episode | 1,396,174 | 67.7 | 100.0 | 795,391 | 38.6 | 100.0 | 651,339 | 31.6 | 100.0 | 108,241 | 5.2 | 100.0 | 737,786 | 35.8 | 100.0 |
| Total direct costs per hospitalization day | 317,312 | 15.4 | 248,560 | 12.1 | 260,535 | 12.6 | 108,241 | 5.2 | 233,662 | 11.3 | |||||
VND, Vietnamese Dong.