Table 3.

Sensitivity Analysis of Patient and Caregiver Cost of Illness Due to Enteric Fever: Direct Medical, Direct Nonmedical, Indirect, and Total Costs When Excluding Outliers, Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 2016—December 2018

	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	1263	39.77	25.29	65.53	424	189.66	128.19	244.56	1687	53.91	29.97	126.44
Registration	1215	1.20	0.72	2.88	423	8.39	3.59	29.59	1638	1.44	0.72	4.79
Clinical examination	92	5.06	3.79	7.19	62	6.32	5.06	8.39	154	5.99	4.79	8.39
Inpatient Stay	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	444	45.52	31.15	70.81	444	45.52	30.75	70.81
Laboratory tests	1149	14.98	10.78	20.25	362	26.57	18.97	35.94	1511	16.77	11.86	24.02
Drugs and medications	1203	16.44	10.12	29.95	414	49.81	35.94	67.09	1617	21.56	11.98	41.93
Other servicesb	67	2.52	2.52	3.59	22	1.89	1.26	2.53	89	2.52	1.68	3.35
Direct nonmedical costs (2018 US $)
Total direct nonmedical costs	1207	3.35	2.16	6.32	414	50.75	36.20	65.29	1621	5.06	2.64	29.95
Transport	1201	3.16	2.16	5.69	410	12.14	7.08	20.61	1611	4.31	2.40	8.85
Food, lodging, childcare	205	5.06	2.53	29.35	431	37.93	29.95	50.58	636	35.94	14.38	47.92
Indirect costs—Patient
Days spent seeking care	1225	0.21	0.17	0.38	437	7.00	5.13	8.13	1662	0.29	0.17	5.00
School days lost	605	27.00	17.00	33.00	194	30.00	22.00	40.00	799	28.00	18.00	36.00
Indirect costs—Caregiver
Days spent accompanying the patient seeking care	1223	0.34	0.21	1.08	407	9.00	6.38	12.08	1630	0.58	0.23	6.00
Days unable to work	62	3.00	2.00	5.00	67	4.00	3.00	6.00	129	4.00	2.00	6.00
Days of sick leave	39	3.00	2.00	4.00	29	3.00	2.00	4.00	68	3.00	2.00	4.00
Total productivity loss (2018 US $)	102	19.04	12.58	26.55	92	25.16	16.51	37.74	194	19.92	13.28	31.45
Cost of illness (2018 US $)
Total cost of illness per case	1263	45.17	28.45	75.36	418	246.56	170.60	317.48	1681	61.32	33.31	157.90

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).