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Table 4 Cost of care per sentinel condition and intervention in 2017 US Dollars

From: The costs of delivering emergency care at regional referral hospitals in Uganda: a micro-costing study

 

n

Median (IQR)

Mean (SD)

Min

Max

Kruskal Wallis H

TOTALS

872

15.53 (14.44–19.22)

19.03 (16.96)

13.66

413.11

 

Cost in USD by sentinel condition

 RTI

371

15.96 (14.51–20.30)

21.59 (25.14)

13.71

413.11

H = 92.92

 PPH

59

17.25 (15.02–21.36)

19.97 (9.10)

13.75

73.79

p < .0001

 Asthma

66

15.90 (14.76–19.30)

17.49 (3.67)

13.70

28.01

n = 872

 Pneumonia

186

15.55 (14.65–20.12)

15.55 (4.39)

13.66

38.26

 

 Paediatric diarrhoea

190

14.61 (13.74–15.57)

15.74 (3.46)

13.66

30.31

 

Cost in USD by intervention

 Wound closure

69

18.76 (16.63–21.79)

20.71 (8.51)

14.18

73.54

 

 Fracture reduction & splinting

55

27.77 (22.00–31.50)

38.2 (56.93)

14.43

413.11

 

 Haemorrhage Control

56

18.07 (17.10–22.83)

25.55 (19.48)

13.94

83.94

 

 IV fluids

178

15.79 (15.05–17.85)

18.42 (8.54)

13.96

83.89

 

 Oral Rehydration

91

13.74 (13.70–13.83)

14.12 (1.42)

13.66

23.57

 

 Antibiotics

160

15.44 (14.74–18.0)

16.92 (3.49)

13.89

38.26

 

 Oxygen

80

14.69 (13.91–20.00)

16.99 (4.01)

13.70

29.68

 

 Nebulisation

39

15.84 (15.15–18.64)

17.36 (3.50)

13.98

28.01

 

 Analgesia

96

14.22 (13.96–14.51)

14.71 (2.58)

13.66

37.72

 

 Transfusion/blood given

33

15.54 (14.68–18.31)

18.04 (9.75)

14.01

71.20

 

 Oral or Nasal Pharyngeal Airwaya

2

16.73 (16.69–16.77)

16.73 (0.12)

16.64

16.82

 

 Needle decompressiona

6

15.76 (15.60–16.02)

15.76 (0.50)

15.27

16.72

 

 Intubationa

7

29.31 (17.45–35.86)

27.08 (10.19)

15.24

38.42

 
  1. aSmall sample size