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Table 2 Resource utilization and costs (2014 USD)

From: Cost of rotavirus diarrhea for programmatic evaluation of vaccination in Vietnam

 

Rotavirus in stool

 
 

No (n = 329, 59.1 %)

Yes (n = 228, 40.9 %)

Total (n = 557)

 

Mean

Median

SE

Mean

Median

SE

Mean

Median

SE

Length of stay of inpatients (days)

5.81

5.00

0.31

5.55

5.00

0.23

5.68

5.00

0.18

Caregiving (person-day)a

7.44

6.00

0.28

9.44

8.00

0.36

8.06

7.00

0.21

Total direct cost (not including informal care)a,b

96.99

42.69

6.67

139.80

129.97

8.14

108.92

49.96

4.84

Total direct medical costa,b

75.12

16.37

6.40

117.71

104.55

7.92

87.13

16.74

4.68

Direct nonmedical cost (not including informal care)

21.87

18.47

1.15

22.09

18.75

1.27

21.79

18.47

0.82

Indirect cost (with informal care)a,b

60.73

48.95

2.32

77.03

65.27

2.97

65.74

57.11

1.73

Total cost of illnessa,b

157.72

97.97

8.17

216.83

196.44

10.37

174.66

107.38

6.06

  1. aStatistically significant difference; Mann-Whitney U Test at P < 0.05
  2. bStatistically significant difference; T-Test of natural log form at P < 0.05