Table 5

Median monthly household expenditure and median user charge payments by household expenditure tertiles within different facility types

National referral hospital

Secondary (provincial) referral

District hospitals

Missionary hospitals

Lower expenditure tertile

Number of households, n

28

16

58

26

Median household monthly expenditure (US$)

55.93

46.74

35.33

44.11

Median user charge payment (US$)

28.94

15.48

5.45

61.81

Median transport costs (US$)

6.38

2.99

1.86

3.99

Median preadmission cost (US$)

0.53

1.53

1.26

0.03

Median time costs (US$)

6.91

6.5

6.5

6.58

Middle expenditure tertile

Number of households, n

27

16

58

27

Median household monthly expenditure (US$)

96.80

73.76

69.12

96.35

Median user charge payment (US$)

41.33

17.88

6.25

53.16

Median transport costs (US$)

13.29

1.46

1.86

3.32

Median preadmission cost (US$)

2.69

2.75

0.70

0.93

Median time costs (US$)

7.00

8.25

5.29

6.00

Upper expenditure tertile

Number of households, n

27

16

58

24

Median household monthly expenditure (US$)

169.67

122.02

140.62

191.27

Median user charge payment (US$)

52.63

17.01

7.97

60.00

Median transport costs (US$)

10.10

1.59

2.26

6.51

Median preadmission cost (US$)

4.39

4.45

1.40

1.13

Median time costs (US$)

6.50

5.63

6.0

9.00

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