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Table 12 Direct medical costs and direct non-medical costs in 2020 USD per patient with iNTS in a specialised hospital in Gondar, Ethiopia, in 2020

From: Patient-related healthcare costs for diarrhoea, Guillain Barré syndrome and invasive non-typhoidal salmonellosis in Gondar, Ethiopia, 2020

	Costs/patient (2020 USD)							N with costs > 0
Cost category	Mean	St. dev	Median	Minimum	Maximum	2.5%	97.5%	N with costs > 0
Direct medical costs
Stay costs^a	3.35	1.29	2.86	1.72	5.73	1.72	5.73	21
Special services costs	3.38	0.31	3.44	2	3.44	2.72	3.44	21
Diagnostic test costs	8.33	0.86	8.87	6.3	8.87	6.3	8.87	21
Drug costs	32.75	14.69	30.46	1.43	53.31	1.43	52.3	21
Total costs	47.79	13.97	42.20	16.61	68.49	18.04	67.05	21
Direct non-medical costs
Ambulance service costs	25.37	8.79	17.18	17.18	34.36	17.18	34.36	21

^aOnly out-of-pocket costs patients had to pay themselves for each day they stayed in a specialised hospital. These do not cover total costs for a hospital day

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