Table 2 Average cost of treatment by hospital type and treatment modality, BDT (US$)
From: Cost of illness for outpatients attending public and private hospitals in Bangladesh
Cost | Parameters | Public hospital (N = 139) | Private hospital (N = 113) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Average cost BDT ($US) | Standard deviation BDT ($US) | Proportion of total cost (%) | Average cost BDT ($US) | Standard deviation BDT ($US) | Proportion of total cost (%) | ||
Direct Medical | Diagnostic | 123 (1.65) | 101 (1.35) | 1.24 | 151 (2.02) | 137 (1.83) | 2.70 |
Medicine | 29 (0.39) | 21 (0.29) | 0.29 | 28 (0.38) | 5 (0.07) | 0.50 | |
Registration | 21 (0.29) | 19 (0.25) | 0.22 | 37 (0.50) | 34 (0.46) | 0.67 | |
Direct Non-medical | Transport | 73 (0.98) | 57 (0.77) | 0.74 | 43 (0.59) | 32 (0.43) | 0.78 |
Informal payment | 31 (0.41) | 31 (0.42) | 0.31 | 8 (0.12) | 14 (0.19) | 0.15 | |
Total Direct Cost | Â | 279 (3.72) | 146 (1.95) | 2.81 | 269 (3.59) | 163 (2.18) | 4.81 |
Indirect Cost | Patient’s income loss | 9643 (128.59) | 9296 (123.95) | 97.19 | 5338 (71.18) | 6590 (87.87) | 95.19 |
Total Cost of Treatment | Â | 9923 (132.31) | 9335 (124.47) | 100 | 5607 (74.77) | 6562 (87.49) | 100 |