Cost of Tuberculosis Care in Programmatic Settings from Karnataka, India: Is It Catastrophic for the Patients?

Table 2

Sociodemographic characteristics of the TB patients () in the three selected urban TB units of Karnataka, India (2017-2018).

Variables	Davangere	Belagavi	Bengaluru	Total
	()	()	()	()
Age (median (IQR)) in years	40 (23-51)	37.5 (27-47)	31 (27-47)	36 (24-49)
Age group in years
<14 yrs	00 (0.0)	03 (3.3)	03 (6.7)	06 (2.8)
15-30 yrs	28 (35.9)	29 (32.2)	19 (42.2)	76 (35.5)
31-45 yrs	29 (37.2)	33 (36.7)	10 (22.2)	72 (33.6)
46-60 yrs	10 (12.8)	17 (18.9)	11 (24.4)	38 (17.7)
>60 yrs	12 (15.4)	08 (08.9)	02 (4.4)	22 (10.2)
Gender (%)
Males	53 (67.1)	52 (57.8)	28 (62.2)	133 (62.1)
Females	26 (32.9)	38 (42.2)	17 (37.8)	81 (37.8)
Occupation (%)^¥
Employed	47 (59.4)	53 (58.8)	31 (79.5)	131 (61.2)
Unemployed	32 (40.5)	37 (41.1)	08 (20.5)	77 (35.9)
Patients below poverty line (%)	58 (73.4)	69 (76.7)	25 (55.6)	152 (71.0)
Socioeconomic status^ᴥ (%)
Class I	08 (10.1)	07 (7.7)	12 (26.7)	27 (12.6)
Class II	13 (16.5)	13 (14.4)	21 (46.7)	28 (13.0)
Class III	20 (25.3)	31 (34.4)	12 (26.7)	63 (29.4)
Class IV	21 (26.6)	28 (31.1)	0	49 (22.8)
Class V	17 (21.5)	11 (12.2)	0	28 (13.0)
HIV-positive status	02 (2.53)	10 (11.1)	0	12 (5.6)
Type of TB (%)
Pulmonary	59 (74.6)	61 (67.8)	28 (62.2)	148 (69.1)
Extrapulmonary	20 (25.3)	29 (32.2)	17 (37.8)	66 (30.8)
TB category (%)
New cases	74 (93.7)	84 (93.3)	44 (97.8)	202 (94.3)
Previously treated	05 (06.3)	06 (06.7)	01 (02.2)	12 (5.6)
Health-seeking behavior (%)
Public health care facility	53 (67.0)	51 (56.7)	20 (44.5)	124 (57.9)
Private health care facility	13 (16.4)	34 (37.8)	25 (55.5)	72 (33.6)
Traditional healer	07 (08.8)	0	0	07 (3.2)
Pharmacy	06 (07.5)	05 (5.6)	0	11 (5.1)

^¥Children and students were excluded () in Bengaluru. ^ᴥModified BG Prasad classification was used.