Health-seeking behaviour in the city of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo: results from a cross-sectional household survey

Table 5 Median costs (in USD ^a ) for the components of care for each therapeutic option, Lubumbashi 2010 (n = 251 households)

Therapeutic option/components of care	n	Median cost (Q1-Q3)	95% CI
Traditional medicine	14	0.4 (0.0 -3.9)	0.0-2.0
Self-medication	111	0.9 (0.2 -2.2)	0.6-1.2
Self-employed private health professionals
Transportation fees	23	0.0 (0.0-0.0)	0.0-0.0
Consultation fees	21	0.0 (0.0-0.2)	0.0-0.1
Cost of medicines	19	3.4 (1.4-7.8)	1.1-5.7
FLHS
Transportation fees	100	0.0 (0.0-0.0)	0.0-0.0
Consultation fees	68	2.2 (1.2-2.8)	2.2-2.3
Lab exams fees	67	2.2 (0.0-3.9)	1.5-3.0
Cost of medicines	56	5.9 (1.9-13.6)	3.5-8.4
Cost of observation	78	0.0 (0.0-0.0)	0.0-0.0
Hospital
Transportation fees	50	1.4 (0.0-3.6)	0.6-2.2
Consultation fees	32	3.3 (0.0-5.2)	1.9-4.8
Lab exams fees	26	1.1 (0.0-5.6)	0.0-2.8
Cost of medicines	25	7.8 (2.2-16.7)	3.2-12.3
Hospitalization fees	35	0.0 (0.0-0.0)	0.0-0.0

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