Table 2 Distribution of average household cost of diarrheal treatment for tertiary level hospital (N = 801) BDT (US$)
From: Economic costs of hospitalized diarrheal disease in Bangladesh: a societal perspective
| Cost | Parameter | Overall cost of treatment | Proportion of total cost | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average | SD | |||
| Direct Medical | Diagnostic | 37.63 (0.48) | 189.71 (2.42) | 28 |
| Medicine | 1064.19 (13.56) | 1427.04 (18.18) | ||
| Consultant fee | 26.37 (0.34) | 121.38 (1.55) | ||
| Registration/admission fee | 14.54 (0.19) | 11.42 (0.15) | ||
| Medical materials (syringe/cannula etc) | 27.32 (0.35) | 62.43 (0.80) | ||
| Bed/ Cabin charge | 0.28 (0.00) | 7.95 (0.10) | ||
| Direct Non-Medical | Transportation cost | 246.58 (3.14) | 427.76 (5.45) | 12.41 |
| Food items | 113.82 (1.45) | 239.77 (3.05) | ||
| Informal payment | 7.40 (0.09) | 22.65 (0.29) | ||
| Caregiver’s payment | 0.01 (0.00) | 0.35 (0.00) | ||
| Materials (mug/glass etc.) | 22.65 (0.29) | 70.59 (0.90) | ||
| Lodging | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.01 (0.00) | ||
| Caregivers expenditure | 127.87 (1.63) | 456.80 (5.820 | ||
| Total direct cost | 1688.17 (21.51) | 2010.95 (25.62) | 40.4 | |
| In-direct cost | Patient income loss | 310.51 (3.96) | 1374.40 (17.51) | |
| Caregiver’s income loss | 2179.50 (27.76) | 3445.12 (43.89) | ||
| Total indirect cost | 2490.01 (31.72) | 3881.48 (49.45) | 59.6 | |
| Total cost | 4178.68 (53.23) | 5166.20 (65.81) | 100 | |