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Table 3 Caregiver costs incurred for a single episode of pediatric diarrhea (US$) 1

From: The burden of pediatric diarrhea: a cross-sectional study of incurred costs and perceptions of cost among Bolivian families

Ā 

Urban

Rural

Hospitalized (N=132)

Outpatients (N=230)

Hospitalized (N=31)

Outpatients (N=49)

Ā 

Median (Q1, Q3)

DIRECT COSTS

27.58ā€ 

4.79

26.50ā€”

6.91

(5.98, 57.89)

(1.87, 14.54)

(9.07, 67.68)

(3.6, 18.72)

Diagnostics

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

(0.00, 0.00)

(0.00, 0.00)

(0.00, 0.00)

(0.00, 0.00)

Medications

6.48ā€ 

0.00

5.76

0.00

(0.00, 11.81)

(0.00, 5.04)

(0.00, 12.96)

(0.00, 5.83)

Consultation Fees

7.20ā€ 

0.00

3.60ā€”

0.00

(0.00, 36.00)

(0.00, 0.00)

(0.00, 46.08)

(0.00, 0.00)

Non-Medical Costs (e.g., Travel, child care)

4.03ā€ 

2.88

6.34

4.48

(2.63, 6.30)

(1.30, 5.62)

(3.31, 9.36)

(2.74, 9.50)

INDIRECT COSTS (lost income)

12.00ā€ 

1.23

20.34ā€”

8.64

(0.00, 28.50)

(0.00, 13.37)

(11.52, 27.60)

(0.00, 24.48)

TOTAL COSTS

41.54ā€ 

10.74

32.40ā€”

17.63

(10.7, 82.19)

(2.45, 29.95)

(15.7, 86.64)

(4.97, 36.91)

  1. 1Only children with complete information on appointment type, hospital, and cost records were analyzed.
  2. ā€ Significantly different from Urban Outpatients, p<0.001.
  3. ā€”Significantly different from Rural Outpatients, p<0.05.