Table 2.

Direct costs of trauma head injury patients at University of Gondar Specialized Referral Hospital Northwest, Ethiopia (n = 387)

Variable		Before reaching the hospital		At Hospital
		Mean	Standard Deviation	Mean	Standard Deviation
Direct medical cost	Card registration fee	2.52	.30	5.53	1.420
	Investigation & procedure fee	14.90	1.36	816.95	328.05
	Drug and emergency service fee	34.5	10.15	227.26	192.85
Direct non-medical cost	Transportation fee	38.10	11.27	1782.85	729.08
	Other expenses	10.20	2.18	65.04	20.03
Total direct costs *		100.22	25.26	2897.63	1271.43

^* Cost = ETB