Table 6.
Total medical expenditure (mean and SD) per disease episode in US$ by place of residence and region
| Place of residence |
Region |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnosis | Urban | Rural | Amhara | SNNPR | Oromia | Tigray | Addis Ababa |
| No. of observations | 411 (60%) | 274 (40%) | 125 (18%) | 105 (15%) | 196 (29%) | 146 (21%) | 114 (17%) |
| Pneumonia* | 8.66 (12.58) | 4.36 (6.35) | 2.07 (1.60) | 5.26 (4.08) | 7.23 (10.58) | 9.21 (10.53) | 12.30 (18.74) |
| Diarrhoea* | 6.51 (9.81) | 2.99 (3.94) | 2.36 (3.71) | 3.73 (3.24) | 4.55 (6.98) | 6.65 (8.83) | 7.97 (13.56) |
| Severe pneumonia | 91.01 (75.52) | 48.35 (39.06) | 34.11 (12.85) | 25.47 (9.02) | 53.34 (35.83) | 45.86 (15.66) | 126.03 (77.34) |
| Severe diarrhoea | 98.81 (83.40) | 59.08 (78.75) | – | 16.30 (3.37) | 58.51 (54.60) | 10.75 | 146.59 (82.53) |
*For both conditions, medical costs per episode were three to six times greater in Addis Ababa compared with Amhara region. The regional differences were statistically significant for both conditions (p<0.002).
SNNPR, Southern Nations Nationalities and People Region.