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Table 3 Direct and indirect costs as % of household income of TB patients

From: Are free anti-tuberculosis drugs enough? An empirical study from three cities in China

 

Compliant (n = 765)

Non-compliant (n = 32)

P value*

TOOP (n = 737)

   

 Heavy (=1)

479(67.56)

24(85.71)

0.043

OOP2 (n = 758)

   

 Heavy (=1)

427(58.41)

20(74.07)

0.104

TLF (n = 775)

   

 Heavy (=1)

368(49.20)

22(81.48)

0.001

IncFor (n = 789)

   

 Heavy (=1)

78(10.30)

2(6.25)

0.763

DSC (n = 521)

   

 Heavy (=1)

274(53.52)

7(77.28)

0.188

  1. Data are number of patients (%). TOOP and OOP2 were defined as “catastrophic” or “heavy” if they equaled or exceeded 10 %, and TLF, IncFor and CDS were defined as “heavy” if it equaled to or exceeded its median.* This value calculated by chi-square test
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Infectious Diseases of Poverty

ISSN: 2049-9957

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