Mean (median cost per patient)1 | ||||
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Type of cost data | Patients | Escorts | Public health system | Total cost |
Indirect costs | ||||
Income lost for the time spent during alternative treatment | 6 (1.2) | - | - | 6 (1.2) |
Income lost for the time spent for consultation in public health facilities | 6 (2.3) | 20.3 (0) | - | 31 (8) |
Travel time cost of visiting public health facilities | 0.8 (0.3) | 1 (0.3) | - | 2 (0.6) |
Indirect total cost | 12.2 (6) | 21 (2) | - | 33 (10) |
Direct costs | ||||
Non-medical | ||||
Transport cost for visits at public health facilities | 2.6 (1.2) | 1.6 (0) | - | 4 (1.4) |
Lodging costs during visits to public health facilities | 3.3 (0) | 1.3 (0) | - | 5 (0) |
Direct total non-medical cost | 6 (2) | 3 (0) | - | 9 (2.3) |
Medical | ||||
Cost of other drugs | 5 (1.6) | - | 0.6 (0) | 6 (2) |
Consultation cost | 0.4 (0) | - | 1.4 (2) | 3 (2) |
Investigation cost | 4 (1) | - | 2.4(2) | 6 (3) |
Cost of hospital admission | 1 (0) | - | 0.2 (0) | 4 (0) |
Direct total medical | 11 (4) | 3 (0) | 7 (3) | 18 (9) |
Total direct cost | 16 (8) | 3 (0) | 7 (3) | 26 (14) |
Total cost | 29 (16) | 23.4 (2.3) | 7 (3) | 59 (27) |
% to total cost | 49 | 39 | 12 | 100 |