TABLE 9.

Medical Cost^a of Services Offered to Motorcycle Crash Injury Patients at Hospitals in Kisumu, Kenya

	Median Cost, Kenyan Shillings	Minimum Cost per Case, Kenyan Shillings	Maximum Cost per Case, Kenyan Shillings	Total Cost, Kenyan Shillings	% (95% CI)
Cost of services offered to motorcycle crash injury patients
Laboratory investigation	589	1200	8040	423730	2.2 (1.8, 2.6)
Radiological investigation	3965	400	61040	3505000	18.3 (17.8, 19.9)
Minor surgery	1210	400	2500	902374	4.7 (4.1, 5.3)
Major surgery	27773	5000	525626	8428708	44.0 (41, 48)
Medication and physician services	1061	200	65734	2861329	15.0 (13.2, 16.8)
Admission and ICU	765	1200	355657	2101727	11.0 (9.0, 13.0)
Others	241	200	7000	912019	4.8 (2.6, 6.9)
Total		200	1,033700	19134887
Cost of surgical procedures offered to motorcycle crash injury patients
Debridement/cleaning and dressing	1198	400	78750	593055	7.0 (3.4, 10.6)
Craniotomy	29904	5000	300000	3438913	40.8 (38.9, −42.9)
Closed reduction	2704	600	130000	402820	4.8 (2.5, 7.3)
Exploratory laparotomy	17879	7000	130000	965468	11.5 (9.6, 12.4)
ORIF/EF	29851	4000	117000	2119435	25.1 (22.6, 27.6)
UWSD	47172	3000	30000	849089	10.1 (8.1, 22.1)
Others	9988	15237	25667	962301	11.4 (10.2, 12.8)
Total				8428708

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; ICU, intensive care unit; ORIF/EF, open reduction and internal fixation/external fixation; UWSD, underwater seal drain.

^a123 Kenyan shillings=US$1.