Table 1.
Patient and Caregiver Cost of Illness Due to Enteric Fever: Sample Characteristics—Nepal, September 2016–December 2018
| Characteristics | n | % |
|---|---|---|
| Respondents | ||
| Patients responding to enrollment cost questionnaire | 395 | 100.0 |
| Patients responding to 6-week follow-up cost questionnaire | 364 | 92.2 |
| Patients who died of enteric fever | 0 | 0.0 |
| Age group | ||
| <2 | 5 | 1.3 |
| 2–4 years | 10 | 2.5 |
| 5–17 years | 134 | 33.9 |
| ≥18 years | 246 | 62.3 |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 160 | 40.5 |
| Female | 235 | 59.5 |
| Blood culture result | ||
| Salmonella Typhi positive | 338 | 85.6 |
| Salmonella Paratyphi positive | 57 | 14.4 |
| Not positive for either Salmonella Typhi or Paratyphi (surgical cases) | 0 | 0.0 |
| Household with mobile phone | ||
| Yes | 373 | 94.4 |
| No | 3 | 0.8 |
| Did not respond | 19 | 4.8 |
| Households with electricity | ||
| Yes | 373 | 94.4 |
| No | 3 | 0.8 |
| Did not respond | 19 | 4.8 |
| Households with car/motorcycle | ||
| Yes | 191 | 48.4 |
| No | 185 | 46.8 |
| Did not respond | 19 | 4.8 |
| Household roof material | ||
| Cement | 307 | 77.7 |
| Metal sheets, mats, ceramic, shingles | 85 | 21.5 |
| Natural materials | 3 | 0.8 |
| Households with sanitation | ||
| Household flush to sewer system, septic tank, somewhere else | 363 | 91.9 |
| Household pit latrine, bucket or hanging toilet, communal toilet, other | 13 | 3.3 |
| Did not respond | 19 | 4.8 |
| Drinking water treated at home | ||
| Boil | 63 | 15.9 |
| Chlorine liquid, powder, or tablets | 72 | 18.2 |
| Other | 10 | 2.5 |
| Do not treat water | 148 | 37.5 |
| Did not respond | 101 | 25.6 |