Cost to households in treating maternal complications in northern Ghana: a cross sectional study

Table 3 Cost of treating pregnancy complications by type of complication (US$)

Type of complication	Variables	Food (US$)	Transportation (US$)	Drugs & medical supplies (US$)	Productivity lost (US$)	Total cost (US$)
Pre-eclampsia	Observation	4	4	3	4	4
	mean	24.87	10.13	39.82	14.48	79.35
	median	26.05	10.00	7.89	15.17	58.33
	IQR	16.58	13.42	98.95	9.65	64.65
	Total	99.47	40.53	119.47	57.92	317.39
Aneamia/Malaria	Observation	6	6	4	6	6
	mean	22.89	13.12	27.11	13.33	67.42
	median	14.21	14.63	28.95	8.27	56.76
	IQR	9.47	9.47	35.26	5.52	39.87
	Total	137.37	78.74	108.42	79.98	404.51
Haemorrhage	Observation	0	2	0	0	2
	mean	0	6.84	0	0	6.84
	median	0	6.84	0	0	6.84
	IQR	0	6.32	0	0	6.32
	Total	0	13.68	0	0	13.68
Infection	Observation	1	2	0	1	2
	mean	18.95	15.89	0	11.03	30.88
	median	18.95	15.89	0	11.03	30.88
	IQR	0.00	0.21	0	0	30.19
	Total	18.95	31.79	0	11.03	61.77
Abdominal pains	Observation	8	10	4	8	10
	mean	11.25	19.37	20.13	6.55	41.66
	median	11.84	20.53	7.37	6.89	38.67
	IQR	11.84	27.37	32.37	6.89	50.25
	Total	90.00	193.68	80.53	52.40	416.61
Prolong labour	Observation	32	36	7	32	36
	mean	13.62	13.40	33.61	7.93	39.09
	median	9.47	12.89	6.32	5.52	28.41
	IQR	11.84	15.26	60.53	6.89	37.09
	Total	435.79	482.32	235.26	253.73	1407.09
Total	Observation	51	60	18	51	60
	mean	15.33	14.01	30.20	8.92	43.68
	median	9.47	13.58	8.68	5.52	32.03
	IQR	14.21	16.05	43.68	8.27	42.55
	Total	781.58	840.74	543.68	455.05	2621.05

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