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Table 5 Differences of daily cost, hospitalization cost and its components among provinces (USD)

From: Economic burden of malaria inpatients during National Malaria Elimination Programme: estimation of hospitalization cost and its inter-province variation

Hospitalization costs

Median difference of Henan–Hainan (95% CI)

Median difference of Henan–Guangxi (95% CI)

Median difference of Hainan–Guangxi (95% CI)

Hospitalization cost

732.67

714.91

−17.76

 Bootstrap

713.40 (419.7, 942.5)

735.58 (606.50, 878.00)

23.05 (−152.32, 275.18)

Daily cost

78.46

93.52

15.06

 Bootstrap

75.33 (40.33, 96.67)

93.56 (83.58, 105.28)

18.32 (−2.12, 53.12)

Medications

393.31

467.74

74.43

 Bootstrap

391.09 (296.60, 483.80)

457.17 (404.80, 553.5)

66.97 (−0.60, 173.19)

Laboratory tests

231.07

176.2

−54.87

 Bootstrap

226.15 (181.30, 272.20)

179.23 (139.3, 210.8)

−46.17 (−104.29, −8.56)

Supportive resources

36.74

3.5

−33.24

 Bootstrap

35.15 (21.18, 49.83)

3.82 (−10.37, 20.64)

−31.18 (−47.00, −14.70)

Sickbed

24.99

25.74

0.74

 Bootstrap

24.84 (10.62, 31.17)

26.87 (22.34, 28.78)

2.07 (−5.15, 9.22)

Services

26.65

31.16

4.51

 Bootstrap

25.47 (15.52, 35.77)

31.71 (27.28, 37.25

6.28 (−1.22, 16.48)

Other

9.41

9.27

−0.15

 Bootstrap

9.30 (7.11, 11.20)

9.36 (6.09, 10.92)

0.06 (−0.94, 0.64)

  1. Bootstrap was based on 5000 bootstrap replications