Table 3 Cost breakdown by patient socio-demographic and socio-economic characteristics

 12 - 22

61 528.769

12782.49

[36370.19 ; 86687.35]

 23 - 33

57 686.8

4196.753

[49426.72 ; 65946.88]

 34 - 44

80 013.273

14304.68

[51858.71 ; 108167.8]

 45 - 55

75 418.685

8109.292

[59457.93 ; 91379.44]

 56 - 66

90 155.245

9512.978

[71431.74 ; 108878.8]

 67 and over

91 607.778

13385.04

[65263.26 ; 117952.3]

Non parametric test of Kruskall – Wallis

Chi 2

12.272

p-value

0.0312

 Female

75170.53

5443.334

[64456.93 ; 85884.13]

 Male

76296.318

7181.621

[62161.4 ; 90431.23]

Non parametric test of Kruskall – Wallis

Chi 2

0.501

p-value

0.4790

 Not schooling

53 777.54

3875.048

[46150.64 ; 61404.44]

 Primary

66 178.87

10273.65

[45958.21 ; 86399.53]

 Secondary

76 524.492

4752.949

[67169.71 ; 85879.28]

 University

108 125.46

21506.2

[65796.82 ; 150454.1]

 Schooling in arabic language

65 129.9

9784.239

[45872.5 ; 84387.3]

Non parametric test of Kruskall – Wallis

Chi 2

14.940

p-value

0.0048

 Public sector

86 548.92

6925.858

[72917.4 ; 100180.4]

 Private sector

113 863.63

31054.88

[52741.21 ; 174986]

 Self employement

59 898.73

11736.62

[36798.65 ; 82998.81]

 Students/pupils

64 805.056

11588.57

[41996.36 ; 87613.75]

 Housewives

66 236.094

4608.069

[57166.46 ; 75305.72]

 Unemployed

53 692.742

4380.696

[45070.63 ; 62314.86]

 Invalid

82 206.857

22748.01

[37434.07 ; 126979.6]

 Retired

120 059.4

18388.27

[83867.46 ; 156251.3]

 Other

51 805.714

9391.692

[33320.92 ; 70290.5]

Non parametric test of Kruskall – Wallis

Chi 2

36.720

p-value

0.0001

 Urban

70703.13

3597.831

[63621.85 ; 77784.4]

 Rural

101117.6

22117.3

[57586.16 ; 144649]

Non parametric test of Kruskall – Wallis

Chi 2

5.829

p-value

0.0158

 No income

61372.96

3246.261

[54983.64 ; 67762.27]

 Daily

49349.09

4907.64

[39689.84 ; 59008.34]

 Monthly

102541.2

12177.23

[78573.94 ; 126508.5]

 Trimestrial

94775.83

20038.14

[55336.64 ; 134215]

 Annual

59942.2

8003.258

[44190.14 ; 75694.26]

Non parametric test of Kruskall – Wallis

Chi 2

23.672

p-value

0.0001

 Lower than the minimum salary (34664 Fcfa)

59 457.784

2 811.552

[53924.07 ; 64991.5]

 34664 to 99000 Fcfa

92 143.323

15 710.14

[61222.52 ; 123064.1]

 100000 to 299 000 Fcfa

101 838.86

17 267.83

[67852.21 ; 135825.5]

 300000 to 499 000 Fcfa

90 221.2

16 652.64

[57445.37 ; 122997]

 500 000 Fcfa and More

127 972.57

21 434.27

[85785.51 ; 170159.6]

Non parametric test of Kruskall – Wallis

Chi 2

23.265

p-value

0.0001