From: Time and cost associated with utilization of services at mobile health clinics among pregnant women
Total participants | ≤1.5 h travel | > 1.5 h travel | p value | ||||||||||
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Number of observations = 293 | Number of observations = 173 | Number of observations = 120 | |||||||||||
Mean | SD | Min | Max | Mean | SD | Min | Max | Mean | SD | Min | Max | ||
I: Time spent in hours | |||||||||||||
Consultation | 0.48 | 0.10 | 0.25 | 0.75 | 0.49 | 0.11 | 0.25 | 0.75 | 0.45 | 0.08 | 0.25 | 0.50 | 0.0312 |
Waiting time | 1.89 | 1.29 | 0.05 | 6.00 | 1.68 | 1.02 | 0.05 | 4.50 | 2.17 | 1.57 | 0.83 | 6.00 | 0.0730 |
Travel time | 1.39 | 1.00 | 0.02 | 4.25 | 0.70 | 0.47 | 0.02 | 1.50 | 2.39 | 0.66 | 1.75 | 4.25 | < 0.001 |
Household helper time | 4.16 | 2.45 | 4.99 | 10.12 | 2.75 | 1.77 | 0.50 | 8.62 | 6.20 | 1.75 | 3.02 | 10.12 | < 0.001 |
Total time spent | 3.75 | 1.83 | 0.66 | 8.99 | 2.88 | 1.27 | 0.67 | 6.75 | 5.02 | 1.81 | 2.50 | 8.99 | < 0.001 |
II. Cost incurred in US$ | |||||||||||||
Food cost | 0.19 | 0.26 | 0.00 | 0.91 | 0.11 | 0.18 | 0.00 | 0.77 | 0.31 | 0.32 | 0.00 | 0.91 | < 0.001 |
Laboratory test cost | 1.69 | 0.82 | 0.00 | 3.40 | 1.71 | 0.91 | 0.00 | 3.40 | 1.69 | 0.68 | 0.00 | 2.72 | 0.7426 |
Medicine cost | 0.39 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 0.59 | 0.41 | 0.21 | 0.00 | 0.68 | 0.36 | 0.26 | 0.00 | 0.59 | 0.7438 |
Travel cost (one way) | 0.35 | 0.88 | 0.00 | 3.64 | 0.36 | 0.86 | 0.00 | 3.18 | 0.34 | 0.91 | 0.00 | 3.64 | 0.8511 |
Household helper cost | 0.02 | 0.28 | 0.00 | 3.64 | 0.04 | 0.37 | 0.00 | 3.64 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.2381 |
Total cost in US$ | 2.27 | 0.90 | 0.00 | 3.40 | 2.29 | 1.03 | 0.01 | 4.36 | 2.53 | 0.63 | 1.36 | 3.86 | 0.0829 |