Adverse drug events resulting from use of drugs with sulphonamide-containing anti-malarials and artemisinin-based ingredients: findings on incidence and household costs from three districts with routine demographic surveillance systems in rural Tanzania

Table 6 Household treatment expenditure per visit by provider type (2005 USD) ¹

Source of care visited	Number of visits	Mean	Median	Range
Government facilities	44	11.79*	5.56^	0 – 87.74
Faith based and NGO facilities	24	24.71*	22.41^	0.09 – 81.04
Private drug outlets	7	13.68	15.4	0.56 – 33.83
Drugs from relatives and friends	2	0	0	0.00 – 0.00
All patients visits ¹	77	15.68	8.18	0 – 87.74

¹ Includes those with and without any expenditure.
* Student t-test significant at 1% level between Government and Faith based /NGO Health Facilities.
^ Mann–Whitney test significant between the two groups at 5% level: Government vs. Faith based / NGO Health Facilities.

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