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Table 5 Mean monthly costs per household by transmission pattern

From: The economic costs of malaria in four Kenyan districts: do household costs differ by disease endemicity?

 

'Low' transmission

(Gucha and Makueni districts: n = 208)

'High' transmission

(Bondo and Kwale districts: n = 295)

P value

(ttest)

Direct costs in KES (USD)

364 (4.9)

299 (4.0)

0.271

[95%, Confidence Interval]

[276.0-452.8]

[225.3-374.0]

 

Indirect costs in KES (USD)

932 (12.6)

438 (5.9)

0.000

[95%, Confidence Interval]

[766.3-1096.0]

[364.4-511.0)

 

Total costs in KES (USD)

1296 (17.5)

738 (10.0)

0.000

[95%, Confidence Interval]

[1089.7-1509.4]

[661.6-858.2]

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