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Table 1 Cost ($) incurred by caregivers (monthly) in providing care to PLHIV

From: Estimating the cost of care giving on caregivers for people living with HIV and AIDS in Botswana: a cross-sectional study

Employment status of caregiver

Amount spent ($) in a month to support client and family (A)

Amount spent in a month to take care of himself/herself during visits (B)

Amount spent ($) on transport in a month to give care (C)

Total explicit cost ($) (D) = A +B+C

Opportunity cost ($) of providing care by caregivers

(E)

Total cost ($) of care giving on caregivers (D+E)

Employed

Mean

46.02

26.23

18.91

91.16

47.33

138.5

 

N

39

39

39

39

39

39

 

Std. error

6.86

14.08

13.39

14.6

17.28

32.38

Unemployed

Mean

42.31

7.49

7.63

57.43

18.6

76.03

 

N

130

130

130

130

130

130

 

Std. error

4.73

0.66

0.67

4.8

1.85

5.53

Total

Mean

43.16

11.82

10.24

65.22

25.23

90.45

 

N

169

169

169

169

169

169

 

Std. error

3.96

3.44

3.52

7.82

4.3

9.08