Table 9 |
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Cost of treatment of malaria |
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| Inyi |
Udi |
Oji |
Nachi |
|
| Mean (SD) |
Mean (SD) |
Mean (SD) |
Mean (SD) |
|
|
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| Treatment cost |
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| Q1: most poor |
140.9 (197.6) |
389.1 (478.9) |
292.7 (377.9) |
214.7 (292.9) |
| Q2:average |
138.4 (165.6) |
359.2 (592.2) |
311.1 (165.5) |
420.8 (687.9) |
| Q3: least poor |
194.1 (193.9) |
491.4 (612.0) |
157.1 (165.5) |
619.0 (907.4) |
| Chi square |
5.1 |
4.3 |
0.70 |
6.7 |
| p-value |
0.08 |
0.1 |
0.70 |
0.04 |
|
|
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| Transportation cost |
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| Q1: most poor |
19.7 (66.8) |
35.5 (53.1) |
49.7 (115.7) |
7.9 (22.7) |
| Q2:average |
7.6 (26.5) |
28.3 (53.3) |
37.4 (75.2) |
23.8 (41.5) |
| Q3: least poor |
17.1 (67.3) |
50.3 (46.9) |
1.4 (7.6) |
41.2 (58.5) |
| Chi square |
0.9 |
7.5 |
6.3 |
12.2 |
| p-value |
0.6 |
0.02 |
0.04 |
0.00 |
|
|
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| Total financial cost |
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| Q1: most poor |
307.9 (574.3) |
422.3 (526.0) |
301.4 (385.2) |
232.1 (352.3) |
| Q2:average |
196.0 (334.5) |
935.3(3324.5) |
277.9 (369.3) |
444.6 (719.5) |
| Q3: least poor |
286.5 (452.4) |
544.2 (629.8) |
158.6 (165.6) |
661.0 (950.0) |
| Chi square |
2.6 |
3.7 |
0.7 |
7.7 |
| p-value |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.7 |
0.02 |
|
|
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| Time costs |
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| Q1: most poor |
903.6 (2560.5) |
843.2 (2168.7) |
740.5(1048.0) |
564.2 (841.1) |
| Q2:average |
1429.1 (2367.6) |
430.3 (727.9) |
1101.3 (1920.) |
656.5 (950.2) |
| Q3: least poor |
2078.3 (5261.6) |
1680.6 (6660.6) |
922.9 (1381.8) |
1467.3 (2110.8) |
| Chi square |
9.6 |
0.05 |
0.7 |
14.5 |
| p-value |
0.01 |
0.9 |
0.7 |
0.00 |
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Onwujekwe et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:5 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-5 |
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