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Table 2 Total caregiver costs for a hospitalized episode of measles in 2018 US dollars ($), and time loss in days

From: The economic burden of measles in children under five in Bangladesh

Timing

Cost

INPATIENT VISIT

Public healthcare facilities (n = 69)

Private not-for-profit healthcare facilities (n = 22)

Mean

SD

95% CI

n(c > 0)

Mean

SD

95% CI

n(c > 0)

Before current visita

Direct medical

$3.53

$6.78

$1.90

$5.16

31

$7.17

$6.74

$4.18

$10.16

17

Direct non-medical

$0.36

$1.60

-$0.02

$0.75

4

$1.52

$3.43

$0.00

$3.04

5

Indirect

$28.85

$30.02

$21.58

$36.12

69

$24.72

$23.02

$14.51

$34.92

22

Time loss [days]

1.6

1.2

1.3

1.9

69

1.1

0.7

0.8

1.4

22

Current visit

Direct medical

$14.65

$10.19

$12.19

$17.09

69

$42.42

$21.17

$33.03

$51.81

22

Direct non-medical

$26.00

$13.71

$22.69

$29.29

69

$28.32

$14.74

$21.78

$34.86

22

Indirect

$54.51

$42.81

$44.23

$64.80

69

$74.86

$55.25

$50.37

$99.37

22

Time loss [days]

2.9

1.4

2.5

3.2

69

3.3

0.9

2.8

3.7

22

Follow-upa

Direct medical

$2.57

$2.90

$1.88

$3.27

52

$3.07

$2.99

$1.75

$4.40

16

Direct non-medical

$0.54

$4.32

-$0.50

$1.57

2

$0.11

$0.30

-$0.02

$0.24

3

Indirect

$0.44

$3.60

-$0.43

$1.31

2

$0.00

$0.00

$0.00

$0.00

0

Time loss [days]

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.1

2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0

Total out-of-pocket payment

$47.64

$21.87

$44.73

$55.43

69

$82.61

$34.92

$70.02

$101.32

22

Total economic cost

$131.03

$83.65

$110.93

$151.13

69

$182.20

$96.59

$139.38

$225.02

22

Timing

Cost

OUTPATIENT VISIT

INPATIENT & OUTPATIENT VISITS

Public healthcare facilities (n = 4)

All healthcare facilities (n = 95)

Mean

SD

95% CI

n(c > 0)

Mean

SD

95% CI

n(c > 0)

Before current visita

Direct medical

$0.00

$0.00

$0.00

$0.00

0

$4.23

$6.82

$2.84

$5.62

48

Direct non-medical

$0.00

$0.00

$0.00

$0.00

0

$0.62

$2.18

$0.17

$1.06

9

Indirect

$0.29

$0.31

-$0.20

$0.78

4

$26.67

$28.34

$20.86

$32.47

95

Time loss [days]

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

4

1.4

1.2

1.2

1.6

95

Current visit

Direct medical

$0.02

$0.02

$0.00

$0.04

3

$20.46

$18.19

$16.75

$24.17

94

Direct non-medical

$0.06

$0.06

-$0.13

$0.25

1

$25.44

$14.64

$22.46

$28.42

92

Indirect

$13.32

$19.54

-$17.80

$44.42

4

$57.49

$46.69

$47.98

$67.00

95

Time loss [days]

1.1

1.6

−1.5

3.7

4

2.9

1.4

2.6

3.2

95

Follow-upa

Direct medical

$2.08

$2.42

-$1.77

$5.93

2

$2.67

$2.89

$2.08

$3.26

70

Direct non-medical

$0.36

$0.72

-$0.78

$1.50

1

$0.43

$3.69

-$0.32

$1.18

6

Indirect

$0.13

$0.26

-$0.29

$0.55

1

$0.32

$3.07

-$0.30

$0.95

3

Time loss [days]

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

1

0.0

0.3

−0.0

0.1

3

Total out-of-pocket payment

$2.51

$2.89

-$3.62

$12.22

4

$53.84

$30.87

$47.55

$60.13

95

Total economic cost

$16.25

$21.37

-$17.75

$50.25

4

$138.04

$91.02

$119.50

$156.59

95

  1. Notes: SD, standard deviation; n(c > 0), number of caregivers with a cost/time spent valued over zero. a Includes costs incurred at public and private healthcare facilities and providers