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Table 6 Cost of care in US dollars by Neonatal morbidity

From: Impact of free newborn care service package on out of pocket expenditure‐evidence from a multicentric study in Nepal

Drugs and Diagnostics

N

(60)

Before Free Newborn Care

N

(172)

After Free Newborn Care

p-value

Mean ± SD

Median (IQR)

Mean ± SD

Median (IQR)

HIE

7

3.2 ± 2.7

2.4 (0-8.6)

34

7.5 ± 7.5

6.5 (0-38.4)

0.10

NNS

24

6.7 ± 13.0

2.4 (0-64.4)

39

6.1 ± 6.2

2.4 (0-25.9)

0.32

HBL

6

2.9 ± 1.9

2.4 (0-5.3)

8

3.1 ± 2.8

2.4 (0-9.6)

0.89

MAS

6

13.7 ± 23.1

4.1 (0–60.0)

21

8.1 ± 7.5

9.6 (0-34.8)

0.81

RDS

2

7.9 ± 7.8

7.9 (2.4–13.4)

10

6.1 ± 3.8

6.2 (0–10.0)

0.66

Others

15

4.0 ± 4.9

2.4 (0-17.3)

60

9.8 ± 13.2

7.7 (0–96.0)

0.007