Table 3 Use of medicines, diagnostic test and cost for patients who made and did not make informal payment respectively
Descriptions | Means (SD) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
No informal payment N = 674 | Informal payment N = 110 | ||
Appropriate drug use score | 5.1(2.7) | 3.5(2.7) | <0.0001 |
Total number of medicines prescribed | 5.3(2.6) | 6.7(2.2) | <0.0001 |
- Number of antibiotic injections | 0.80(0.88) | 1.4(0.89) | <0.0001 |
- Number of oral antibiotics | 0.49(0.61) | 0.30(0.46) | 0.001 |
- Number of essential medicines | 4.6(2.2) | 5.4(1.9) | <0.0001 |
- Number of brand drugs | 1.3(1.4) | 1.4(1.7) | 0.78 |
Average duration of stay (days) | 3.2(3.9) | 6.8(5.6) | <0.0001 |
Total diagnostic test | 1.2(1.5) | 2.2(1.3) | <0.0001 |
Cost of medicines | 245 087 (560 887) | 1 058 000 (1 236 000) | <0.0001 |
Cost of diagnostic test | 65 117 (103 274) | 119 906 (162 750) | <0.0001 |
Other costs | 285 518 (497 730) | 688 615 (678 346) | <0.0001 |
Fee charge | 52 255 (102 529) | 69 731 (130 124) | 0.52 |