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

Table 6

Comparison of median prediagnostic and diagnostic with postdiagnostic out-of-pocket expenditure (OPE) incurred among the TB patients in the three selected urban TB units of Karnataka, India (2017-2018).

Study TB units	Prediagnostic and diagnostic OPE; Median (range) INR	Postdiagnostic OPE; Median (range) INR	value^ᴥ ( value)
Davangere	2200 (400-15000)	800 (400-18500)	-3.42 (0.00)
Belagavi	2000 (500-10000)	700 (300-21500)	-3.86 (0.00)
Bengaluru	5600 (500-82500)	5000 (850-10520)	-2.02 (0.04)
Total	3800 (400-82500)	4000 (300-21500)	-3.10 (0.02)

Indicates a significant statistical association with . ^ᴥWilcoxon signed rank test has been applied.