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Table 3 Indirect outpatient costs in Birr; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2011 (*Birr 14.5=$1)

From: Patient side cost and its predictors for cervical cancer in Ethiopia: a cross sectional hospital based study

Costs category

Mean

Median

SD

Before first visiting Tikur Anbessa Hospital

  Duration of complaint in days (n=207)

269.4

180.0

317.4

  Days remained out of work (n=185)

155.5

60.0

334.6

  Time for transportation

5.7

3.0

9.0

  Amount of wages lost in Birr (n=145)

1228.9

180.0

2153.2

At Tikur Anbessa Hospital

  Duration of stay as outpatient in days (n=227)

374.1

180.0

826.3

  Number of outpatient visits at TAH (n=220)

38.7

6.0

93.7

  Days remained out of work in days (n=169)

119.4

30.0

206.2

  Amount of wages lost in Birr (n=145)

1774.0

250.0

4618.9