Table 7.

Patient and Caregiver Cost of Illness Due to Patients with Nontraumatic Terminal Ileal Perforation and Due to Patients Without Nontraumatic Terminal Ileal Perforation: Direct Medical, Direct Nonmedical, Indirect, and Total Costs, Karachi, Pakistan, September 2016–December 2018

	All Patientsa With Nontraumatic Terminal Ileal Perforation, n = 127				All Patients Without Nontraumatic Terminal Ileal Perforations, n = 902
Cost Type	n	Median	25th Pctl	75th Pctl	n	Median	25th Pctl	75th Pctl
Direct medical costs, 2018 US$
Total direct medical costs	121	228.03	102.64	419.84	859	128.30	49.39	379.91
Registration	34	2.88	0.86	5.56	416	4.12	2.18	17.20
Clinical examination	14	8.23	4.28	13.99	32	4.12	2.14	8.64
Inpatient stay	2	21.82	2.47	41.16	25	74.09	24.70	179.62
Laboratory tests	37	23.95	8.23	65.86	217	25.66	10.78	51.32
Drugs and medications	70	24.70	8.23	68.43	391	13.69	6.84	43.63
Other servicesb	34	25.18	12.35	55.98	10	8.42	4.12	15.40
Direct nonmedical costs, 2018 US$
Total direct nonmedical costs	116	55.57	13.17	132.33	716	4.57	2.47	10.26
Transport	116	24.70	9.06	60.92	713	4.28	2.47	8.91
Food, lodging, childcare	63	49.39	32.93	94.67	716	4.57	2.47	10.26
Indirect costs: patient
Days spent seeking care	124	10.00	7.00	16.50	893	1.46	0.13	4.00
Days unable to work	41	60.00	30.00	85.00	28	13.00	4.00	39.00
Days of sick leave	4	40.00	15.00	135.00	51	14.00	7.00	28.00
School days lost	39	90.00	50.00	120.00	404	30.00	15.00	45.50
Total productivity loss, 2018 US$	41	331.02	185.37	498.07	75	96.30	42.16	198.61
Indirect costs: caregiver
Days spent accompanying the patient seeking care	123	21.50	14.00	36.17	874	3.44	0.33	9.00
Days unable to work	98	16.50	10.00	30.00	176	5.00	2.00	12.00
Days of sick leave	7	7.00	2.00	22.00	224	3.00	2.00	6.00
Total productivity loss, 2018 US$	101	103.76	62.26	198.61	388	23.19	13.24	49.95
Cost of illness, 2018 US$
Total cost of illness per case	123	508.49	265.51	1068.14	888	155.73	61.74	430.37

Abbreviation: Pctl, percentile.

^a All patients with nontraumatic ileal perforation (regardless of whether they reported inpatient care expenses) are considered in the inpatient care category.

^b Other services that patients did not report in the above categories (eg, medical materials or equipment for surgery).