Time and cost associated with utilization of services at mobile health clinics among pregnant women

Table 2 Time cost, direct and indirect cost of utilizing ANC at the mobile clinic by client residence from the point of care

	Total participants				≤1.5 h travel				> 1.5 h travel				p value
	Number of observations = 293				Number of observations = 173				Number of observations = 120
	Mean	SD	Min	Max	Mean	SD	Min	Max	Mean	SD	Min	Max
I: Time spent in hours
Consultation	0.48	0.10	0.25	0.75	0.49	0.11	0.25	0.75	0.45	0.08	0.25	0.50	0.0312
Waiting time	1.89	1.29	0.05	6.00	1.68	1.02	0.05	4.50	2.17	1.57	0.83	6.00	0.0730
Travel time	1.39	1.00	0.02	4.25	0.70	0.47	0.02	1.50	2.39	0.66	1.75	4.25	< 0.001
Household helper time	4.16	2.45	4.99	10.12	2.75	1.77	0.50	8.62	6.20	1.75	3.02	10.12	< 0.001
Total time spent	3.75	1.83	0.66	8.99	2.88	1.27	0.67	6.75	5.02	1.81	2.50	8.99	< 0.001
II. Cost incurred in US$
Food cost	0.19	0.26	0.00	0.91	0.11	0.18	0.00	0.77	0.31	0.32	0.00	0.91	< 0.001
Laboratory test cost	1.69	0.82	0.00	3.40	1.71	0.91	0.00	3.40	1.69	0.68	0.00	2.72	0.7426
Medicine cost	0.39	0.23	0.00	0.59	0.41	0.21	0.00	0.68	0.36	0.26	0.00	0.59	0.7438
Travel cost (one way)	0.35	0.88	0.00	3.64	0.36	0.86	0.00	3.18	0.34	0.91	0.00	3.64	0.8511
Household helper cost	0.02	0.28	0.00	3.64	0.04	0.37	0.00	3.64	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.2381
Total cost in US$	2.27	0.90	0.00	3.40	2.29	1.03	0.01	4.36	2.53	0.63	1.36	3.86	0.0829

Note:
p value based on Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney rank sum test
Travel cost and household helper cost were excluded in the total cost calculations because only 2 and 45 participants, respectively, reported to directly pay for transport and household helper

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