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. 2017 Sep 21;12(9):e0182326. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182326

Table 4. Summary of household costs for women admitted for complication care, by cost-categories and group.

		Non-RBF				RBF
		BEmOC	CEmOC	Overall		BEmOC	CEmOC	Overall
		N = 222	N = 21	N = 243	%	N = 247	N = 201	N = 448	%
Medical costs(US $)^a					6.9				2.5
	Mean	0.91	1.34	0.95		0.58	0.15	0.38
	SD^b	3.09	5.21	3.32		2.42	1.5	2.06
	Median	0	0	0		0	0	0
Transport & other^c(US$)^a					48.7				49.7
	Mean	7.16	1.48	6.67		7.09	8.07	7.53
	SD^b	23.2	1.93	22.23		13.49	26.05	20.1
	Median	1.82	0.97	1.82		2.37	1.54	2.21
Productivity costs(US$)^a					44.2				47.7
	Mean	5.81	8.65	6.05		7.97	6.34	7.24
	SD^b	10.44	10.49	10.46		16.11	11.19	14.13
	Median	3.1	4.63	3.19		3.81	2.61	3.04
Total costs(US$)^a^,^d		3,083.23	240.97	3,324.20	*100*	3,861.11	2,927.27	6,788.39	*100*
	Mean	13.89	11.47	13.68		15.63	14.56	15.15
	SD^b	30.29	11.85	29.15		21.29	31.44	26.31
	Median	7.73	7.44	7.71		8.50	6.40	7.34

^aExchange rate mid-year 2015,1 US$ = 550 MK

^bSD Standard deviation

^cOther costs include food and accommodation

^dNo statistical differences in medians for total costs between RBFand non-RBFgroups,P = 0.729. Mann-Whitney test.