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Table 2 Household-level direct treatment costs for seeking care at health centre

From: Household health care-seeking costs: experiences from a randomized, controlled trial of community-based malaria and pneumonia treatment among under-fives in eastern Uganda

Variable

Rural (n = 159)

Urban (n = 123)

Overall (n = 282)

p-value

Cost (UGX)

Mean

Median

SD

Mean

Median

SD

Mean

Median

SD

 

Transport

257.9

0

797.3

1,417.1

1,000

2,276.6

763.5

0

1,714.5

<0.0001

Other cost

120.1

0

350.9

108.1

0

269.7

114.9

0

317.6

0.573

Total

378.0

0

916.9

1,525.2

1,000

2,296.8

878.4

 

1,757.2

<0.0001

Total (US$)

0.16

0

0.38

0.64

0.42

0.96

0.37

0

0.73

<0.0001

  1. Note (Exchange rate US$1 = UGX2,400/=)