Costs of screening children for hearing disorders and delivery of hearing aids in China

Table 3 Household costs of seeking and undergoing care in present program

Visit	Beijing		Nanning		Guigang
	N	Mean costs	N	Mean costs	N	Mean costs
First visit
Registration fees, drugs, tests, hearing aids etc	50	0	67	0	50	0
Family food and lodging costs	50	54	67	44	50	7
Family transport costs	50	54	67	32	50	22
Family income lost because of seeking care	50	29	67	14	50	14
Total costs		137		91		43
Second visit
Registration fees, drugs, tests, hearing aids etc	31	0	43	0	50	0
Food and lodging costs	31	42	43	5	50	7
Transport costs	31	47	43	22	50	22
Family income lost because of seeking care	31	40	43	11	50	14
Total costs		128		38		42
Third visit
Registration fees, drugs, tests, hearing aids etc	18	0	2	0	17	0
Food and lodging costs	18	17	2	0	17	2
Transport costs	18	37	2	3	17	13
Family income lost because of seeking care	18	39	2	10	17	15
Total costs	93	13	30
Total costs of all visits*	451	154	145

* Calculated as (A+C/number of children fitted), with A and C referring to cost categories in Table 2.
** Calculated as (B1+B2+B3), with B1, B2 and B3 referring to cost categories in Table 2.

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