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Table 1 Out of pocket Expenditure by Socio demographic characteristics and bed status at Dhaka Shishu Hospital, December 2007

From: Coping strategies for financial burdens in families with childhood pneumonia in Bangladesh

Out of Pocket

expenditure

   

P valueb

 

Income strata a

 
 

N = 90

Poor (n = 34)

High (n = 30)

 

Mean

US$94

(±SD52.5)

US$ 62

US $ 94

 

Median

US$82

US$ 71

US $ 124

0.11

Range

US$(4-430)

US $ (18-201)

US $ (19-422)

 
 

Residence type

 
  

Rural (n = 43)

Urban (n = 47)

 

Mean

 

US$ 65.43

US$ 55.56

 

Median

 

US$ 50.44

US$ 40.80

0.35

Range

 

US$ (12-165)

US $ (10-112)

 
 

Bed status

 
  

Paying (n = 46)

Non-paying (n = 44)

 

Mean

 

US$ 50

US$ 12

 

Median

 

US$ 65

US$ 30

0.23

Range

 

US$ (5-120)

US$ (0-100)

 
  1. a Income strata:. Poor households earned ≤US$59 per month, and high households >US$103 per month. We considered monthly expenditure is a proxy of monthly income.
  2. b For test of difference Mann Whitney test were done.