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

Table 4

Mean cost of treatment across demographic characteristics of the patients.

		SUD treatment cost (₦)^#
Socio-demographic factors	Characteristics	Overall mean cost (₦)	SD	t	value	F	value
Age (years)	10–19	136,259.7726	52,641.5404			2.375	0.041
	20–29	134,984.8038	71,264.2967
	30–39	140,309.7241	49,444.1646
	40–49	182,122.3636	22,918.3269
	50–59	177,770.3333	42,352.0020
	60+	263,500.0000	00000.0000
Sex	Male	140,093.4804	61,530.0442	−0.052	0.959
	Female	140,661.3684	57,090.0664
Marital status	Married	155,129.1154	58,187.5060			1.833	0.142
	Not married	137,058.3957	60,576.5892
	Widowed	218,580.0000	4367.0914
	Divorced/separated	132,952.0000	64,005.7644
Educational level	No formal education	00000.0000	00000.0000			0.193	0.825
	Primary education	156,809.2000	25,763.2442
	Secondary education	139,449.7062	58,883.7906
	Tertiary education	139,933.5317	62,546.5945
Tribe	Igbo	139,235.5690	54,319.6168			0.565	0.639
	Yoruba	140,279.8133	59,407.3928
	Hausa	104,968.5000	107,873.5868
	Others	146,723.6034	70,357.8963
Occupation	Trader	139,587.2941	55,709.3954			1.507	0.167
	Civil servant	166,425.1818	32,267.6258
	Professional	104,268.0000	73,871.0477
	Student	142,135.8281	62,343.9430
	Artisan	108,581.8333	110,340.9393
	Self-employed	152,713.8077	62,557.2211
	Unemployed	139,859.6306	53,630.8131
	Retired	221,668.0000	00000.0000
Setting	Inpatient	147790.9034	54,665.4179	5.782	≤0.001
	Outpatient	69,521.6842	68,289.5547
Patient’s state of residence	Lagos	130,422.1503	57,657.2282	4.964	≤0.00
	Ogun	182,237.2973	55,066.3824

Statistical significance ( value < 0.05). ^#$1 is equivalent to ₦380.5.