From: Household catastrophic payments for tuberculosis care in Nigeria: incidence, determinants, and policy implications for universal health coverage
Source of direct cost
Mean costs (± SD) in US$
Percentage of mean annual household income (%)
Patient pre-diagnosis
70 (±48.4)
6.2
Patient post-diagnosis
40 (±32.2)
3.6
DOTS-supporter
7 (± 6.5)
0.6
Coping cost
40 (±38.5)
Total
157
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