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

Table 2

Direct, indirect, and total costs incurred by patients during different phases of treatment (𝑛=300).

Phases of treatment	Direct costs							Indirect costs		Total costs
	Medical		Nonmedical costs		Direct costs
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Before treatment	743	269.18	219	147.45	961	304.99	445	209.4	1407	366.20
Intensive phase	5	22.36	60	77.38	65	80.54	949	303.1	1014	313.01
Continuation phase	18	42.41	27	51.94	45	67.03	745	269.5	790	277.34
During treatment	23	47.94	87	93.14	110	104.69	1694	399.8	1804	411.77
Total costs	765	273.04	306	174.03	1071	321.37	2140	445.8	3211	535.47