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Table 2 Median monthly household income before, during and by the end of treatment

From: Is convenience really king? Comparative evaluation of catastrophic costs due to tuberculosis in the public and private healthcare sectors of Viet Nam: a longitudinal patient cost study

 

All (n = 110)

Private (n = 50)

NTP (n = 60)

P-value¥

Mean (SD)

Median (IQR)

Mean (SD)

Median (IQR)

Mean (SD)

Median (IQR)

Pre-treatment

1006 (1250)

678 (430–1032)

1308 (1652)

868 (495–1247)

753 (692)

578 (430–849)

0.010

Intensive phase

860 (1228)

471 (322–903)

1166 (1591)

763 (421–1161)

606 (734)

419 (258–692)

0.003

Continuation phase

776 (932)

473 (292–882)

969 (1178)

602 (387–1008)

615 (630)

441 (252–774)

0.070

End of treatment

764 (887)

602 (280–860)

975 (1097)

710 (366–1032)

587 (621)

464 (237–710)

0.006

  1. ¥Wilcoxon rank-sum test on median values; NTP National TB Program; SD Standard deviation; IQR Interquartile range