Table 2 Composition of household costs
Cost item | Mean in US $ | Standard Deviation | Percentage of direct costs |
Indirect costs | 657 | 1391 | N/A |
Direct costs | 396 | 357 | 100% |
Medical costs | 154 | 148 | 39% |
Drug costs | 107 | 105 | 27% |
Costs of diagnostics and lab tests | 18 | 19 | 4.5% |
Costs of medical fees | 29 | 64 | 7.3% |
Non-medical costs | 242 | 286 | 61% |
Transportation | 100 | 162 | 25% |
Special foods | 113 | 202 | 29% |
Self-treatment & traditional medicine | 16 | 41 | 4.0% |
Other expenses | 13 | 26 | 3.3% |