Table 4

Mean cost* for pneumonia and malaria treatment at national referral hospital and pooled data from the 3 district hospitals (2005 US$)

Cost category

Facility type

Difference between facilities (95%CI)

P value

National hospital

District hospitals

Pneumonia

Investigations

18.70

7.36

11.34 (5.10–17.59)

< 0.001

Drug cost

15.17

2.95

12.23 (6.46 – 17.99)

< 0.001

Hospital stay

143.27

51.77

91.50 (48.21–134.78)

< 0.001

Total

177.14

62.08

115.06 (66.54–163.59)

< 0.001

Malaria

Investigations

16.49

16.10

0.38 (-8.15–8.91)

0.93

Drug costs

4.07

3.24

0.83 (-1.0–2.66)

0.37

Hospital stay

75.03

43.08

31.95 (13.56–50.33)

<0.001

Total

95.58

62.42

33.15 (10.84 – 55.47)

0.004

*Excluding pre-admission costs, caretaker time and transport costs

Ayieko et al. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2009 7:3   doi:10.1186/1478-7547-7-3