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Table 8 Summary of “Other” OOP costs. Respondents were asked directly about their total Other OOP spending for six categories, which are summed to obtain the Total Other cost (see Table 1). The mean and standard deviation are provided for each category, as well as p-values obtained from a one-way ANOVA F-tests comparing the mean costs across different reported income-brackets

From: The rural tax: comprehensive out-of-pocket costs associated with patient travel in British Columbia

Cost-category

# of Respondents

% of Total

Total Spent $ Average (s.d)

p-value (Income)

Child Care

13

3

1017 (2719)

0.47

House-Sitting

33

9

244 (255)

0.88

Animal Care

64

17

166 (183)

0.29

Clothing

15

4

129 (117)

0.72

Cell Phone

46

12

99 (164)

0.41

Other

19

5

365 (600)

0.95