Table 2 Cost versus price difference of tests comparison of clinical chemistry and hematology tests performed at TASH, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Oct. 2011 to Dec. 2011
Paired samples test | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paired differences | Sig.(2-tailed) | |||||
Mean (95 % CI of difference) | SD | SE of mean | t | df | p-value | |
Clinical chemistry | ||||||
Cr | 0.674 (0.667–0.068) | 0.39 | 0.004 | 177.952 | 10625 | 0.000 |
Urea | 0.898 (0.888–0.908) | 0.521 | 0.005 | 177.641 | 10625 | 0.000 |
AST | 0.607 (0.597–0.617) | 0.524 | 0.005 | 119.314 | 10625 | 0.000 |
ALT | 0.600 (0.590–0.610) | 0.520 | 0.005 | 119.039 | 10625 | 0.000 |
ALP | 0.593 (0.584–0.603) | 0.521 | 0.005 | 117.519 | 10625 | 0.000 |
CHO | 0.226 (0.217–0.235) | 0.479 | 0.005 | 48.698 | 10625 | 0.000 |
FBS | 0.416 (0.407–0.425) | 0.497 | 0.005 | 86.268 | 10625 | 0.000 |
LDL | −0.271 (−0.289 to −0.254) | 0.911 | 0.009 | −30.704 | 10625 | 0.000 |
Tg | −1.196 (−1.245 to −1.246) | 2.616 | 0.025 | −47.109 | 10625 | 0.000 |
HDL-C | 1.625 (1.554–1.689) | 3.558 | 0.035 | 46.970 | 10625 | 0.000 |
STP | 0.142 (0.133–0.151) | 0.471 | 0.005 | 31.165 | 10625 | 0.000 |
CSFP | 0.014 (0.011–0.017) | 0.171 | 0.002 | 8.394 | 10625 | 0.000 |
Hematology | ||||||
CBC | 11.85 (11.78–12.92) | 3.76 | 0.03 | 393.569 | 15027 | .000 |
PCV | 0.63 (0.59–0.66) | 2.08 | 0.02 | 37.003 | 15027 | .000 |
ESR | 0.78 (0.75–0.80) | 1.49 | 0.01 | 63.911 | 15027 | .000 |
ABO | 0.83 (0.81–0.86) | 1.68 | 0.01 | 61.014 | 15027 | .000 |
Malaria | 0.12 (0.10–0.13) | 0.78 | 0.01 | 18.283 | 15027 | .000 |
CD4+ | 11.79 (11.22–12.37) | 35.82 | 0.29 | 40.364 | 15027 | .000 |
BM | 0.13 (0.12–0.15) | 0.85 | 0.01 | 19.404 | 15027 | .000 |
RBS | 0.07 (0.06–0.08) | 0.62 | 0.01 | 13.982 | 15027 | .000 |