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Table 1 Direct costs in high and low cholera incidence area

From: Economic evaluation of 2014 cholera outbreak in Ghana: a household cost analysis

Direct Cost

La-Dadekotopon

Shai-Osudoku

Total

GH¢

USD$

GH¢

USD$

GH¢

USD$

First Aid

2236.60

698.94

283.80

88.69

3219.34

1006.04

(2.32)

 

(1.05)

 

(2.10)

 

Treatment at Facility

47,729.00

14,915.31

12,885.00

4026.56

75,529.31

23,602.91

(49.49)

 

(47.74)

 

(49.18)

 

Feeding

11,658.00

3643.13

3684.00

1151.25

18,985.13

5932.85

(12.09)

 

(13.65)

 

(12.36)

 

Admission

22,637.00

7074.06

6470.00

2021.88

36,181.06

11,306.58

(23.47)

 

(23.97)

 

(23.56)

 

Transportation (Patient)

5912.00

1847.50

1410.00

440.63

9169.50

2865.47

(6.13)

 

(5.22)

 

(5.97)

 

Transportation (Caregiver)

6271.70

1959.91

2258.50

705.78

10,490.11

3278.16

(6.50)

 

(8.37)

 

(6.83)

 

Total

96,444.30

30,138.84

26,991.30

8434.78

123,435.60

38,573.63

  1. Bracket figures are percentages
  2. Exchange rate: 1USD = GH¢3.20 (Exchange rate as at December 31, 2014)