Table 4.

Household direct medical costs and total household costs for Shigella and Campylobacter MSD by socioeconomic, demographic, and illness characteristics in Bangladesh.

Variables	Shigella-positive				Campylobacter-positive
	Direct medical cost		Total household cost		Direct medical cost		Total household cost
	Mean cost	ANOVAa	Mean cost	ANOVAa	Mean cost	ANOVAa	Mean cost	ANOVAa
	USD		USD		USD		USD
Wealth index
Poor	3.04	p = 0.968	4.43	p = 0.730	2.40	p = 0.298	3.98	p = 0.376
Lower middle	2.85		3.94		2.42		3.48
Middle	2.98		4.37		2.52		3.32
Upper middle	2.90		3.93		2.15		4.18
Rich	2.97		4.21		2.18		2.70
Sex
Male	2.85	p = 0.182	4.11	p = 0.614	2.23	p = 0.080	3.37	p = 0.601
Female	3.08		4.26		2.45		3.66
Mother’s education
Literate	3.00	p = 0.049	4.27	p = 0.046	2.33	p = 0.745	3.45	p = 0.609
Illiterate	2.45		3.28		2.26		3.88
Age group (months)
0–11	2.70	p = 0.037	4.01	p = 0.080	2.31	p = 0.657	3.43	p = 0.769
12–23	2.77		3.84		2.30		3.74
24–59	3.18		4.55		2.55		2.97
Duration of hospital stay (days)
1–3	3.28	p = 0.004	5.30	p < 0.001	3.31	p = 0.608	5.35	p = 0.045
≥ 4	4.79		8.95		53.59		9.65

^aANOVA; Analysis of variance; USD: US Dollar; t test was conducted when categories were two.