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Table 7 Reported out-of-pocket costs by sequential antenatal care visit among pregnant womena,b

From: Out-of-pocket costs and time spent attending antenatal care services: a case study of pregnant women in selected rural communities in Zinder, Niger

Antenatal care visit

 

First

Second

Third

Fourth

Fifth

n/N

(%)c

Median (Q1, Q3) cost among “spenders”d

n/N

(%)c

Median (Q1, Q3) cost among “spenders”d

n/N

(%)c

Median (Q1, Q3) cost among “spenders”d

n/N

(%)c

Median (Q1, Q3) cost among “spenders”d

n/N

(%)c

Median (Q1, Q3) cost among “spenders”d

Overall out-of-pocket costs per visit

1240/1733

(71.6%)

200 (100, 300)

168/1055

(15.9%)

300 (200, 900)

69/523

(13.2%)

500 (250, 900)

13/148

(8.8%)

300 (250, 600)

3/33

(9.1%)

250 (200, 750)

Consultation

1085/1733

(62.6%)

200 (100, 200)

51/1055

(4.8%)

200 (100, 900)

15/523

(2.9%)

900 (250, 1000)

3/148

(2.0%)

250 (100, 250)

0

Exams

253/1733

(14.6%)

250 (200, 350)

69/1055

(6.5%)

250 (250, 250)

30/523

(5.7%)

250 (250, 250)

8/148

(5.4%)

250 (200, 250)

2/33

(6.1%)

225 (200, 250)

Medications

77/1733

(4.4%)

1250 (600, 2000)

21/1055

(2.0%)

1200 (750, 2000)

7/523

(1.3%)

1000 (750, 1600)

1/148

(0.7%)

400 (400, 400)

1/33

(3.0%)

750 (750, 750)

Transportation

142/1733

(8.2%)

300 (200, 500)

57/1055

(5.4%)

300 (200, 500)

32/523

(6.1%)

350 (225, 500)

5/148

(3.4%)

500 (400, 500)

0

  1. aProportion of pregnant women who spent money during antenatal care visits: 1255 (72.4%)
  2. bCosts shown in West African CFA (XOF), 1USD = 601.1615 XOF based on exchange rate on 31 December 2015
  3. cn = Participants who spent any amount of money during each ANC visit; N = Number of pregnant women who attended each ANC session regardless if they spent or not some money durning an antental care visit.
  4. dMedian (1st quartile (Q1), 3rd quartile (Q3))