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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

  1. *P-value< 0.05; **P-value< 0.01; ***P-value< 0.001; 1 USD = 500 FCFA (XOF)