Table 6.

Patient and Caregiver Cost of Illness Due to Blood Culture-confirmed Paratyphoid Fever: Direct Medical, Direct Nonmedical, Indirect, and Total Costs, Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 2016—December 2018 (N = 240)

	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	183	42.99	27.14	63.22	52	196.30	128.97	300.30	235	50.58	30.98	107.47
Registration	179	1.26	0.72	3.79	50	5.06	2.02	28.87	229	1.52	0.76	5.06
Clinical examination	11	5.99	5.06	6.32	12	8.39	5.39	12.31	23	6.32	5.06	8.39
Inpatient Stay	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	52	50.58	31.95	79.40	52	50.58	31.95	79.40
Laboratory tests	169	15.17	10.75	21.49	47	35.94	26.55	44.25	216	17.70	11.86	27.26
Drugs and medications	176	16.77	10.53	31.61	48	51.84	35.40	66.42	224	21.49	11.98	41.51
Other servicesb	8	2.52	1.98	3.15	3	2.53	1.26	2.53	11	2.52	1.68	2.53
Direct nonmedical costs (2018 US $)
Total direct nonmedical costs	178	3.79	2.53	7.59	52	56.27	34.14	69.51	230	5.99	3.00	24.78
Transport	178	3.57	2.53	6.32	50	13.51	8.85	25.29	228	4.55	2.78	9.47
Food, lodging, childcare	38	3.79	2.53	25.29	49	37.93	29.95	53.11	87	30.35	4.79	47.92
Indirect costs—Patient
Days spent seeking care	181	0.25	0.17	0.46	52	7.00	4.65	8.00	233	0.33	0.17	4.00
School days lost	97	27.00	16.00	32.00	25	30.00	22.00	35.00	122	27.00	17.00	33.00
Indirect costs—Caregiver
Days spent accompanying the patient seeking care	180	0.42	0.22	1.17	52	9.04	6.00	13.52	232	1.00	0.26	4.71
Days unable to work	16	3.00	2.00	5.00	10	3.50	3.00	4.13	26	3.00	2.00	5.00
Days of sick leave	8	3.00	2.00	3.50	6	4.00	2.00	5.00	14	3.00	2.00	4.00
Total productivity loss (2018 US $)	23	18.87	12.58	28.98	15	19.92	18.87	33.19	38	19.92	13.28	28.98
Cost of illness (2018 US $)
Total cost of illness per case	183	48.52	31.87	77.87	52	277.17	171.33	350.49	235	59.43	36.90	154.26

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).