Table 3.

Mean ± SD cost per case in prehospitalization, hospitalization, and posthospitalization periods

Age (years)	≤15 (n=60)	>15 (n=108)	P-value*	All ages (n=168)	P-value**
Prehospitalization					0.037
Direct medical cost	10.9±17.2	10.6±15.9	0.902	10.7±16.4
Direct nonmedical cost	16.1±8.5	5.8±9	0.025	9.5±10.1
Indirect cost	10.5±6.6	12.8±8.3	<0.001	12±7.7
Total cost	37.3±27	29.1±25.9	0.08	32.1±26.5
Hospitalization					0.521
Direct medical cost	27.7±31.2	44.1±26.7	<0.001	38.2±29.3
Direct nonmedical cost	32.3±27.6	36.5±22.4	<0.001	35±28.2
Indirect cost	48.6±13.9	18.9±19.1	0.097	29.5±17.5
Total cost	108.6±57.5	99.5±44.5	0.285	102.7±49.5
Posthospitalization					0.864
Direct medical cost	–		–
Direct nonmedical cost	14.3±12.9	10.8±14.3	0.38	12±13.8
Indirect cost	22.8±14.3	20.5±13.7	0.601	21.3±13.8
Total cost	35.8±17	29.5±21.5	0.252	31.7±20.1
Total					0.358
Direct medical cost	36.8±34	52.9±29.3	0.002	47.1±31.9
Direct nonmedical cost	66.6±33.1	26.7±33	<0.001	41.1±38
Indirect cost	47.6±17.3	52.9±25.1	0.108	51±22.7
Total cost	151.0±63.5	132.7±59.9	0.068	139.3±61.7

Notes:

^*Comparison of average cost between two subgroups (≤15 years and >15 years);

^**comparison of average total cost among three periods of treating dengue (rehospitalization, hospitalization, and posthospitalization).

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.