Table 4 Estimated total household economic cost of BU, Ghana, 2012
Direct costs | Economic cost (US$) | Cost profile (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Children (n = 45) | Adults (n = 18) | Total (n = 63) | ||
Medical cost: | ||||
Wound dressing supplies (i.e., bandages, gauze, disinfectants, vaseline) | 504.32 (11.21)† | 606.79 (33.71) | 1,111.11 (17.64) | 3.1 |
Other treatments (i.e., medication & laboratory tests ): | 53.70 (1.19) | 28.52 (1.58) | 82.22 (1.31) | 0.2 |
Sub-total: | 558.02 (12.40) | 635.31 (35.30) | 1,193.33 (18.94) | 3.3 |
Non-medical cost: | ||||
Transportation | 18,866.67 (419.26) | 9,150.33 (508.35) | 28,017.00 (444.71) | 78.1 |
Food (i.e., patient & caregiver) | 3,094.63 (68.77) | 1,300.00 (72.22) | 4,394.63 (69.76) | 12.2 |
Miscellaneous (i.e., soap, clothes, disinfectants, phone calls etc.) | 594.69 (13.22) | 337.66 (18.76) | 932.35 (14.80) | 2.6 |
Sub-total: | 22,555.99 (501.24) | 10,787.99 (599.33) | 33,343.98 (529.27) | 92.8 |
Total direct cost | 23,114.01 (513.64) | 11,423.30 (634.63) | 34,537.31 (548.21) | 96.2 |
Total valued indirect cost (i.e., productivity lost) | 332.98* (7.40) | 1,045.69 (58.09) | 1,378.67 (21.88) | 3.8 |
Total cost (direct + indirect costs) | 23,446.99 (521.04) | 12,468.99 (692.72) | 35,915.98 (570.09) | 100 |