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. 2016 Dec 14;6(2):021001. doi: 10.7189/jogh.06.021001

Table 3.

Total costs in USD for diarrhea treatment among those who seek care in the preceding 2 weeks


Gujarat (95% confidence interval) Uttar Pradesh (95% confidence interval)
Baseline (n = 398)
Endline (n = 412)
Endline–Baseline Difference
Baseline (n = 572)
Endline (n = 854)
Endline–Baseline difference
Total cost
5.97
4.01
–1.96 (–3.29 to –0.63)*
4.61
4.99
0.38 (–0.41–1.17)
Socioeconomic status:
-Quintile 1
3.91
3.03
–0.88 (–3.28 to 1.52)
4.83
5.16
0.33 (–1.84 to 2.49)
-Quintile 2
4.55
3.37
–1.17 (–3.61 to 1.26)
3.44
5.11
1.67 (–0.46 to 3.80)
-Quintile 3
7.29
4.05
–3.33 (–5.56 to –0.92)*
5.89
4.3
–1.58 (–3.75 to 0.58)
-Quintile 4
4.25
4.26
0.02 (–2.34 to 2.38)
6.37
6.27
–0.11 (–2.38 to 2.17)
-Quintile 5
8.18
3.94
–4.24 (–7.02 to –1.46)*
4.98
5.77
0.79 (–1.79 to 3.38)
Concentration index
0.10 (–0.00 to 0.19), 0.04 (–0.03 to 0.10)
0.05 (–0.03 to 0.12), 0.07 (0.01 to 0.12)
Gender:
-Male
6.46
4.44
–2.01 (–3.54 to –0.49)*
4.38
5.53
1.14 (–0.23 to 2.52)
-Female
5.42
3.85
–1.57 (–3.17 to 0.02)*
4.37
3.48
–0.89 (–2.37 to 0.59)
Ethnicity:
-Scheduled caste
4.73
4.49
–0.24 (–2.85 to 2.37)
4.86
4.36
–0.50 (–2.19 to 1.19)
-Scheduled tribe
5.83
4.48
–1.36 (–3.32 to 0.60)



-Other backward caste
5.99
3.12
–2.87 (–4.62 to –1.12)*
4.25
5.19
0.94 (–0.50 to 2.37)
-Other
6.05
4.29
–1.76 (–5.07 to 1.55)
5.29
4.76
–0.54 (–3.07 to 2.00)
Maternal education:
-Mothers with <1 years of schooling
7.40
4.52
–2.88 (–4.49 to –1.27)*
3.80
4.87
1.07 (–0.29 to 2.43)
-Mothers with ≥1 years of schooling 5.49 4.65 –0.84 (–2.36 to 0.69) 5.87 5.00 –0.87 (–2.38 to 0.64)

*P < 0.05.