Expenditure Pattern for TB Treatment among Patients Registered in an Urban Government DOTS Program in Chennai City, South India

Table 1

Overall mean direct (medical and nonmedical), indirect, and total costs according to patient demographic and socioeconomic characteristics.

Patient characteristics		Direct costs							Indirect costs		Total costs
	No	Medical		Nonmedical		Total direct
		Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Age
≤54	260	789	276.60	312	175.57	1101	324.71	2215	450.14	3316	537.87
55+	40	615	228.13	264	157.03	879	261.89	1652	311.40	2532	304.84
Sex
Male	186	711	261.50	272	163.71	983	305.13	2737	483.14	3720*	545.53
Female	114	855	281.22	360	186.72	1215	329.47	1165	323.41	2380	433.95
Education
Above higher secondary	51	1117	295.36	306	169.60	1423	320.31	1415	319.75	2838	354.79
Up to high school	117	606	239.71	281	165.61	887	286.31	2261	427.09	3148	479.69
Up to primary	132	771	269.44	328	178.84	1099	317.41	2312	436.70	3411	502.95
Occupation
Employed	186	731	265.00	278	165.48	1010	309.06	2935	497.18	3945*	557.52
Unemployed	114	821	276.02	351	184.44	1172	324.27	842	279.25	2014	407.21
Per capita income
Rs. < 1100	74	686	249.48	307	171.54	993	293.21	1851	372.56	2844	418.45
Rs. 1100–2250	158	797	275.10	324	178.14	1121	322.72	2310	444.10	3431	518.26
Rs. > 2250	68	779	262.63	262	158.72	1041	296.92	2058	378.83	3099	410.69
Family size
≤4	196	785	274.51	304	173.00	1089	320.70	2242	445.59	3331	525.82
>4	104	729	260.37	309	173.15	1038	305.68	1947	397.81	2985	461.33
Family type
Nuclear	214	758	270.40	310	174.79	1068	318.54	2217	445.79	3286	527.39
Others	86	785	267.09	294	168.51	1079	307.18	1946	388.03	3025	442.83
Type of TB
Pulmonary	219	573	236.22	223	148.57	796	276.96	2155	440.79	2951	505.31
Extrapulmonary	81	1286	328.91	531	222.75	1817	375.42	2098	394.28	3915*	449.75

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