Table 7 Cost of treatment by department
From: Cost of illness for outpatients attending public and private hospitals in Bangladesh
Department of hospital | Public hospital, BDT (US$) | Private hospital, BDT (US$) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Average direct cost | Average indirect cost | Average total cost | N | Average direct cost | Average indirect cost | Average total cost | |
Surgery | 11 | 279 (3.73) | 11999 (159.99) | 12278 (163.72) | 2 | 738 (9.85) | 6250 (83.33) | 6988 (93.18) |
Skin | 8 | 261 (3.48) | 7630 (101.74) | 7891 (105.22) | 11 | 164 (2.19) | 3497 (46.63) | 3661 (48.82) |
Medicine | 25 | 292 (3.90) | 4806 (64.08) | 5098 (67.98) | 42 | 241 (3.22) | 5510 (73.48) | 5752 (76.69) |
Ear, Nose and Throat | 9 | 306 (4.09) | 12921 (172.28) | 13228 (176.38) | 2 | 285 (3.81) | 250 (3.33) | 535 (7.14) |
Neurology | 8 | 259 (3.46) | 9455 (126.07) | 9715 (129.54) | 5 | 244 (3.26) | 1460 (19.47) | 1704 (22.73) |
Gynecology | 16 | 345 (4.61) | 11630 (155.08) | 11976 (159.69) | 11 | 555 (7.41) | 2022 (26.97) | 2578 (34.38) |
Cardiology | 20 | 321 (4.29) | 11963 (159.51) | 12284 (163.80) | 6 | 265 (3.54) | 8431 (112.41) | 8696 (115.96) |
Chest Medicine | 4 | 303 (4.04) | 10838 (144.51) | 11141 (148.55) | 3 | 200 (2.68) | 11550 (154.01) | 11751 (156.69) |
Orthopedics | 19 | 178 (2.38) | 13444 (179.26) | 13622 (181.64) | 1 | 211 (2.82) | 24000 (320.00) | 24211 (322.82) |
Rheumatology | 2 | 267 (3.57) | 3150 (42.00) | 3417 (45.57) | 5 | 255 (3.40) | 6293 (83.91) | 6548 (87.31) |
Others (Non-specific) | 17 | 258 (3.45) | 6171 (82.29) | 6430 (85.74) | 25 | 218 (2.91) | 600 (80.02) | 6219 (82.93) |