Table 2.

Patient and Caregiver Cost of Illness Due to Enteric Fever: Direct Medical, Direct Nonmedical, Indirect, and Total Costs, Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 2016—December 2018 (N = 1772)

	Patients who did not report any inpatient care expensesa				Patients who reported inpatient care expensesa				All patients
Cost type	n	Median	25th Pctl	75th Pctl	n	Median	25th Pctl	75th Pctl	n	Median	25th Pctl	75th Pctl
Direct medical costs (2018 US $)
Total direct medical costs	1267	40.46	25.29	65.89	470	195.28	143.76	284.49	1735	56.55	30.35	139.08
Registration	1220	1.20	0.72	2.88	446	10.18	3.59	29.59	1666	1.44	0.72	5.06
Clinical examination	94	5.06	3.79	7.19	62	6.32	5.06	8.39	156	5.99	4.79	8.39
Inpatient Stay	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	470	47.92	33.54	75.86	470	47.92	33.54	75.86
Laboratory tests	1157	14.98	10.78	20.37	406	29.95	19.77	37.93	1563	16.94	11.86	25.29
Drugs and medications	1208	16.44	10.12	29.95	444	51.68	36.67	72.07	1652	22.76	11.98	43.46
Other servicesb	67	2.52	2.52	3.59	24	2.52	1.26	2.53	91	2.52	1.68	3.59
Direct nonmedical costs (2018 US $)
Total direct nonmedical costs	1213	3.35	2.28	6.32	465	53.91	38.58	70.44	1678	5.44	2.64	36.67
Transport	1207	3.16	2.16	5.69	444	13.35	7.59	23.96	1651	4.43	2.53	9.58
Food, lodging, childcare	207	5.06	2.53	29.95	442	37.93	29.95	50.58	649	35.94	15.17	48.05
Indirect costs—Patient
Days spent seeking care	1236	0.21	0.17	0.38	470	7.00	6.00	9.00	1706	0.33	0.17	6.00
School days lost	611	27.00	17.00	34.00	207	33.00	23.00	43.00	818	29.00	18.00	36.00
Indirect costs—Caregiver
Days spent accompanying the patient seeking care	1237	0.34	0.21	1.08	462	9.65	7.00	14.00	1699	1.00	0.25	7.00
Days unable to work	65	3.00	2.00	5.00	70	4.00	3.00	6.13	135	4.00	2.00	6.00
Days of sick leave	40	3.00	2.00	4.00	33	3.00	2.33	5.00	73	3.00	2.00	4.00
Total productivity loss (2018 US $)	104	19.57	12.58	26.55	98	25.16	17.60	39.83	202	19.92	13.28	33.19
Cost of illness (2018 US$)
Total cost of illness per case	1267	45.41	28.45	75.86	470	262.69	178.75	351.25	1737	64.03	33.90	173.48
Total cost of illness per case without the value of sick leave	1267	44.93	28.45	74.71	470	260.78	178.75	351.25	1737	63.26	33.89	172.59

Abbreviations: N/A, not applicable because it excludes inpatient care; 25th Pctl, 25^th percentile; 75th Pctl, 75^th percentile.

^aInpatient care expenses: expenses on inpatient care regardless of patient recruitment location (outpatient care, inpatient care, hospital laboratory, surgery, laboratory network).

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