Table 3 Household mean cost of mother PPC by infant period of birth (in USD)
From: Assessing changes in costs of maternal postpartum services between 2013 and 2014 in Burkina Faso
Household cost | Before | After one year intervention | Tests of proportions (±Std. Err.) | Mean comparison test after versus before the intervention | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SE | Mean | SE | Before | After | t (degrees of freedom) | p | |
Medical cost | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 1.7 (±16.7) | 33.6 (±28.0) | 0.27 (174) | 0.787 |
Transport cost | 0.15 | 0.06 | 0.36 | 0.04 | 90.8 (±26.9) | 186.3 (±19.7) | 2.55 (255) | 0.011* |
Direct cost (Medical cost + transport cost) | 0.18 | 0.07 | 0.43 | 0.07 | 98.5 (±27.6) | 211.8 (±30.5) | 20.6 (255) | 0.039* |
Indirect | 0.21 | 0.08 | 0.37 | 0.12 | 84.5 (±24.6) | 179.2 (±49.8) | 1.1 (±251) | 0.263 |
Total days 6–10 PP visit Household cost (Direct cost + indirect cost) | 0.39 | 0.12 | 0.81 | 0.16 | 180.0 (±39.8) | 383.3 (±61.2) | 1.9 (258) | 0.057 |