Direct Medical Cost of Treating Substance Use Disorders in Two Tertiary Hospitals in South-West, Nigeria: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Direct costs of treatment of substance use disorders^#.

Type of SUD	Variable	No. of patients	Min. cost (₦)	Max. cost (₦)	Mean cost (₦)	Std. dev.
Alcohol	Cost of medicines	22	9586.00	109,868.00	39,496.81	27,967.44
	Cost of laboratory tests	7	4250.00	15,750.00	12,500.00	3881.04
	Health professional consultation cost	7	10,000.00	13,000.00	10,428.57	1133.89
	Cost of psycho-social and/or behavioral therapy	6	4000.00	33,000.00	25,666.67	10,893.42
	Inpatient admission cost	18	68,000.00	120,000.00	105,500.00	23,931.89
	Cost of medical devices	6	4000.00	8000.00	5333.33	2065.59
	Overall cost	22	11,420.00	235,118.00	146,425.38	57,388.84
Drug	Cost of medicines	89	1740.00	116,684.00	29,047.76	20,592.82
	Cost of laboratory tests	33	2000.00	55,500.00	15,377.27	7951.04
	Health professional consultation cost	33	4000.00	19,500.00	10,145.45	2015.89
	Cost of psycho-social and/or behavioral therapy	32	4000.00	61,000.00	28,218.91	12,701.30
	Inpatient admission cost	78	25,000.00	129,000.00	97,507.69	28,467.61
	Cost of medical devices	26	4000.00	4000.00	4000.00	0.00
	Overall cost	89	1740.00	247,884.00	135,282.09	53,190.39
Drug and alcohol	Cost of medicines	84	2824.00	223,310.00	34,739.56	29,135.64
	Cost of laboratory tests	46	750.00	30,500.00	15,716.30	6573.43
	Health professional consultation cost	43	4000.00	19,000.00	11,325.58	3254.82
	Cost of psycho-social and/or behavioral therapy	41	1500.00	47,000.00	17,841.46	12,066.71
	In-patient admission cost	70	49,000.00	149,000.00	104,657.14	26,528.43
	Cost of medical devices	10	4000.00	4000.00	4000.00	0.00
	Overall cost	84	2824.00	393,310.00	143,877.33	68,662.04

^#$1 is equivalent to ₦380.5.