Household costs and time to treatment for children with severe febrile illness in rural Burkina Faso: the role of rectal artesunate

Table 2 Mean out-of-pocket costs (US Dollars) for completed episodes of severe illness, by symptoms: children treated with RA versus children not treated with RA

Category	CNS + other symptoms^a						No CNS but prostrated with other symptoms^a						Total
	RA		No RA		No RA but went to a health centre		RA		No RA		No RA but went to a health centre		RA		No RA		No RA but went to a health centre
	N	Mean (SD)	N	Mean (SD)	N	Mean (SD)	N	Mean (SD)	N	Mean (SD)	N	Mean (SD)	N	Mean (SD)	N	Mean (SD)	N	Mean (SD)
Costs in USD
Registration	30	–	24	–	11	–	69	0.005 (0.04)	48	–	20	–	99	0.003 (0.03)	72	–	31	–
Consultation	30	–	24	0.15 (0.17)	11	0.32 (0.05)	69	–	48	0.09 (0.15)	20	0.21 (0.16)	99	–	72	0.11 (0.16)	31	0.25 (0.14)
Diagnosis	30	0.34 (1.86)	24	–	11	–	69	–	48	–	20	–	99	0.10 (1.02)	72	–	31	–
Drugs before health centre	30	0.05 (0.08)	24	0.75 (2.17)	11	0.03 (0.07)	69	0.03 (0.06)	48	0.20 (0.57)*	20	0.01 (0.04)	99	0.03 (0.07)	72	0.38 (1.35)*	31	0.02 (0.05)
Drugs at the health centre^b	30	1.02 (3.76)	11	4.93 (3.01)*	11	4.93 (3.01)*	69	1.35 (3.01)	20	4.04 (4.12)*	20	4.04 (4.12)*	99	1.25 (3.24)	31	4.36 (3.74)**	31	4.36 (3.74)**
Bed	30	0.11 (0.62)	24	0.12 (0.33)	11	0.26 (0.46)	69	0.05 (0.39)	48	–	20	–	99	0.07 (0.47)	72	0.04 (0.20)	31	0.09 (0.29)
Food^c	30	1.57 (1.81)	24	0.47 (1.03)*	11	0.97 (1.38)	69	1.82 (2.43)	48	0.05 (0.18)**	20	0.12 (0.26)*	99	1.74 (2.26)	72	0.19 (0.64)**	31	0.42 (0.92)*
Other	30	–	24	–	11	–	69	–	48	0.01 (0.07)	20	0.03 (0.11)	99	–	72	0.01 (0.06)	31	0.02 (0.09)
Transport	30	2.74 (1.05)	24	0.91 (1.08)**	11	1.57 (1.03)*	69	2.38 (1.00)	48	0.56 (0.77)**	20	1.31 (0.67)**	99	2.49 (1.03)	72	0.68 (0.89)**	31	1.40 (0.81)**
Total costs	30	5.83 (7.82)	24	4.65 (4.79)	11	8.09 (3.96)	69	5.62 (4.18)	48	2.59 (3.90)**	20	5.72 (4.37)	99	5.68 (5.50)	72	3.27 (4.29)*	31	6.56 (4.32)

RA rectal artesunate, CNS central nervous system (convulsions; altered consciousness/coma), SD standard deviation, USD US Dollars
* Reference group: RA—p < 0.05
** Reference group: RA—p < 0.001
^aRepeated vomiting ± too weak to take oral medication/“lethargy”
^bFor the non-RA group, only those who went to a health centre were included. Therefore, the results are the same as for the non-RA group who went to a health centre
^cFood for the patient and accompanying family members

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