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Table 7 Average per visit cost of health care utilization during pregnancy, delivery and post-partum (in KES)1,2

From: The economic burden of maternal mortality on households: evidence from three sub-counties in rural western Kenya

 

Pregnancy

Delivery and Postpartum

 

Cases

Controls

p-value

Cases

Controls

p-value

Fees

1775,2 (n=28)

222.2 (n=50)

0.006*

5324,1 (n=34)

1396,6 (n=85)

0.076***

Transport

399 (n=29)

87,9 (n=50)

0.104

246,2 (n=36)

145,6 (n=86)

0.024**

Purchases 3

723,2 (n=27)

150,4 (n=50)

0.025**

329,3 (n=34)

166,5 (n=84)

0.069***

Total

993,2 (n=29)

153,5 (n=50)

0.007*

1921,2 (n=36)

563,2 (n=86)

0.059***

  1. 1. Includes both institutional and non/institutional heath care.
  2. 2. (*) significance at 1%; (**) significance at 5%; (***) significance at 10%.
  3. 3. Purchases include other medical and non-medical expenses such as drugs bought from outside of the medical facility, bedding, food and hotel stay for women and their company
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