Out-of-Pocket Costs of Asthma Follow-Up Care in Adults in a Sub-Saharan African Country

Table 4

Sociodemographic determinants of direct monthly patient cost of asthma care (𝑛=110).

Variables	Mean (±SD) cost	𝑡-test	𝑃 value
Age (years)
40 or less	27.3±20.1	2.10	0.15
More than 40	34.7±17.1
Gender
Female	29.6±18	0.21	0.65
Male	31.9±20.2
Residence
Rural	35.2±28.3	0.52	0.47
Urban	29.9±17.2
Formally educated
Yes	29±24.2	1.35	0.23
No	36.3±21.9
Marital status
Married	28.8±19.2	0.48	0.49
Single	32.5±52.5

SD: standard deviation.