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Table 5 Distribution of cost per episode (Int$ in 2019) by type of patients and health facility

From: Economic burden of childhood diarrhea in Burundi

Patient type

All (n = 137)

Health center (n = 44)

Hospital (n = 93)

p-value*

n

Mean

SD

Median

n

Mean

SD

Median

n

Mean

SD

Median

Outpatient

 DMC

108

39.71

37.06

24.77

44

15.35

8.80

15.06

64

56.46

39.76

50.49

< 0.001

 DnMC

108

20.16

22.14

13.89

44

9.32

6.64

8.59

64

27.61

25.77

19.41

< 0.001

Total cost

108

59.87

51.00

43.52

44

24.67

12.70

23.82

64

84.07

53.37

70.61

< 0.001

Inpatient

 DMC

29

217.01

113.34

182.94

00

n/a

n/a

n/a

29

217.01

113.34

182.94

n/a

 DnMC

29

74.99

47.51

59.54

00

n/a

n/a

n/a

29

74.99

47.51

59.54

n/a

Total cost

29

292.00

141.29

239.02

00

n/a

n/a

n/a

29

292.00

141.29

239.02

n/a

  1. n/a not applicable (no inpatient care at health center), DMC Direct medical cost, DnMC Direct non-medical cost, SD standard deviation
  2. *To compare between outpatient health center and outpatient hospital employing Mann-Whitney test, a p-value < 0.05 was used as statistical significance