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Table 3 Factors associated with high cost of TB illness to patients under DOT

From: Tuberculosis care strategies and their economic consequences for patients: the missing link to end tuberculosis

Variable

Total cost in USD

AOR

(95 % Confidence interval)

P value

< 177.3

n

> 177.3

n

 

Lower boundary

Upper boundary

Family income($)

     

0.033

 < 117

162

139

1.847

1.051

3.248

 

 > 117

109

162

1.00

   

Residence

     

<0.001

 Urban

266

254

1.00

1.651

6.024

 

 Rural

18

36

3.154

   

Additional food cost

     

<0.001

 Yes

208

264

5.733

3.314

9.920

 

 No

78

26

1.00

   

Primary income earner

     

0.010

 Patient

157

167

3.876

1.382

10.872

 

 Wife/mom

8

12

6.884

1.732

27.357

 

 Husband/father

101

105

3.532

1.199

10.404

 

 Son/daughter

20

6

1.00

   

 Cost covered by

     

0.029

 Patient and/or family

251

270

0.412

0.299

0.98

 

Others (friends, neighbor)

35

20

1.00

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