Table 2.
Provider costs for inpatient pneumonia, meningitis and septicaemia in US$
| Cost US$ | |||||||
| Inpatient pneumonia | Septicaemia | Meningitis | P value | ||||
| Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | ||
| AKTH | |||||||
| Length of stay (days) | 5 (0.8) | 5.0 (4–5) | 5 (1.3) | 5 (5–6) | 6 (1.1) | 6 (6–7) | <0.001 |
| Provider costs | |||||||
| Bed-day costs | 272 (45) | 277 (222–278) | 297 (70) | 277 (277–333) | 351 (59) | 332 (332–388) | <0.001 |
| Drugs | 16 (6) | 15 (13–17) | 19 (6) | 18 (16–20) | 20 (3) | 20 (18–22) | <0.001 |
| Investigations | 15 (6) | 14 (13–14) | 14 (7) | 14 (7–21) | 17 (7) | 20 (13–22) | 0.23 |
| Special services* | 46 (21) | 40 (30–60) | 25 (36) | 0 (0–54) | 32 (31) | 34 (0–40) | <0.001 |
| Total provider costs | 348.6 (63.0) | 347 (301–372) | 354.0 (103.4) | 325 (300–380) | 420.0 (80.1) | 407 (364–449) | 0.001 |
| MMSH | |||||||
| Mean admission days (SD) | 6 (3.3) | 5 (5–6) | 6 (1.5) | 5 (5–7) | 7 (4.8) | 6 (5–7) | 0.004 |
| Provider costs | |||||||
| Bed-day costs | 189.1 (110.3) | 166 (166–200) | 186.0 (50.6) | 166 (166–233) | 237.2 (161.3) | 199 (166–233) | 0.004 |
| Drugs | 17.7 (11.7) | 16 (11–20) | 17.8 (6.4) | 17 (14–22) | 21.5 (7.9) | 19 (17–24) | 0.01 |
| Investigations | 7.1 (2.6) | 8 (7–8) | 7.0 (2.5) | 7 (4–8) | 8.6 (1.4) | 8 (7–10) | <0.001 |
| Special services* | 27.9 (13.3) | 30 (20–30) | 16.5 (20.3) | 14 (0–30) | 29.6 (19.4) | 30 (20–40) | 0.001 |
| Total provider costs | 241.8 (116.9) | 219 (220–247) | 227.3 (67.6) | 206 (179–264) | 296.9 (117.5) | 257 (225–280) | 0.002 |
| Combined hospitals | 285.6 (111.4) | 265 (215–347) | 288.7 (107.2) | 298 (196–335) | 345.7 (158.0) | 294 (253–408) | 0.01 |
*Oxygen and blood transfusion.
AKTH, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital; MMSH, Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital.