Table 3 Out-of-pocket costs before, during and after treatment by study site US$
From: The economic burden of childhood pneumococcal diseases in The Gambia
Beforee mean, median (IQR) | During mean, median (IQR) | Afterd mean, median (IQR) | Total mean, median (IQR) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mealsa | Visitors giftb | Visitors farec | ||||
Basse | ||||||
Outpatient pneumonia n = 50 | 1.7, 0 (0–1.8) | 0.1, 0 n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.8, 0 (0–1.5) | 1.7, 0.02 (0–2.2) |
Inpatient pneumonia n = 94 | 3.3, 1.5 (0–4.2) | 5.1, 3.7 (1.7–7.0) | 6.5, 4.7 (1.8–10.1) | 5.2, 3.3 (1.1–7.3) | 2.4, 1.1 (0–2.9) | 20.0, 16.8 (9.9–25.0) |
Pneumococcal sepsis n = 32 | 4.9, 3.3 (0–7.6) | 9.3, 9.3 (3.4–11.9) | 22.3, 7.1 (1.5–10.0) | 7.5, 5.3 (0–12.3) | 2.3, 1.8 (0–3.9) | 44.0, 28.6 (15.2–39.5) |
Bacterial meningitis n = 21 | 3.3, 3.3 (0–4.4) | 9.0, 4.9 (0.9–11.6) | 6.2, 3.7 (0–8.3) | 5.7, 3.7 (0–9.2) | 2.5, 1.8 (0–3.7) | 30.8, 26.6 (5.3–45.4) |
RVTH | ||||||
Outpatient pneumonia n = 50 | 9.6, 4.6 (2.0–11.0) | 0.4, 0.02 (0–0.6) | n/a | n/a | 1.9, 1.5 (0.7–2.1) | 10.0, 4.8 (2.4–12.1) |
Inpatient pneumonia n = 81 | 8.4, 4.1 (2.0–9.9) | 6.6, 5.7 (2.9–8.5) | 17.4, 14.1 (7.3–21.1) | 12.3, 9.1 (4.–15.3) | 4.2, 0.8 (0–3.1) | 44.2, 40.6 (23.5–58.4) |
Pneumococcal sepsis n = 4 | 25.2, 21.5 (4.4–46.3) | 3.5, 2.0 (0–7.0) | 8.9, 5.2 (0–17.8) | 2.9, 3.1 (0.6–5.3) | 24.9, 16.1 (1.6–48.2) | 40.6, 38.9 (4.7–66.4) |
Bacterial meningitis n = 8 | 10.9, 8.8 (2.3–14.9) | 4.8, 4.4 (2.1–6.1) | 26.4, 16.4 (6.8–41.7) | 17.9, 11.6 (5.1–24.5) | 16.5, 3.5 (0–34.7) | 60.0, 57.2 (27.4–90.1) |