Table 4 Diagnostic categories and out of pocket expenditure of patients admitted to level III PICU
From: Cost analysis of pediatric intensive care: a low-middle income country perspective
Diagnosis | N | % | US$ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | (SE) | Median (IQR) | |||
Tropical Infections | 51 | 17% | 327 | (204) | 240 (175–473) |
Acute meningoencephalitis | 42 | 14% | 602 | (387) | 451 (244–707) |
Community acquired pneumonia | 50 | 16.7% | 362 | (199) | 291 (216–559) |
Disseminated staphylococcal sepsis | 32 | 10.7% | 334 | (122) | 306 (235–397) |
Acute bronchiolitis | 20 | 6.6% | 176 | (73) | 154 (131–181) |
Poisoning and Envenomation | 19 | 6.3% | 288 | (130) | 237 (216–360) |
Acute pyogenic meningitis | 13 | 4.3% | 309 | (138) | 237 (207–454) |
Acute gastroenteritis | 10 | 3.3% | 502 | (289) | 462 (264–596) |
Others | 69 | 20.7% | 425 | (252) | 364 (234–565) |