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Table 1 Socioeconomic impact on patients due to TB

From: Effect of financial support on reducing the incidence of catastrophic costs among tuberculosis-affected households in Indonesia: eight simulated scenarios

Socioeconomic impacts

TB

MDR-TB

P**

Total (%)

Poor (%)

Non Poor (%)

P*

Total (%)

Poor (%)

Non Poor (%)

P*

  

n = 282

n = 175

n = 107

 

n = 64

n = 23

n = 41

  

Household experiencing catastrophic costs

102 (36)

75 (43)

27 (25)

0.006

53 (83)

19 (83)

34 (83)

1.000

<  0.001

Perceived impact on financial capacitya

 No problem

96 (34)

51 (29)

45 (42)

 

5 (8)

0 (0)

5 (12)

  

 Slight problem

50 (18)

29 (17)

21 (20)

 

9 (14)

3 (13)

6 (15)

  

 Moderate problem

58 (21)

42 (24)

16 (15)

 

13 (20)

5 (22)

8 (20)

  

 Serious problem

48 (17)

32 (18)

16 (15)

 

20 (31)

7 (30)

13 (32)

  
 

Severe problem

30 (11)

21 (12)

9 (8)

 

17 (27)

8 (35)

9 (22)

  

Perceived impact on financial capacityb

 No problem to slight problem

146 (52)

80 (46)

66 (62)

0.030

14 (22)

3 (13)

11 (27)

0.201

0.009

 Moderate to severe problem

136 (48)

95 (54)

41 (38)

 

50 (78)

20 (87)

30 (73)

  

Coping strategy

 Loaning money

91 (32)

67 (38)

24 (22)

0.014

32 (50)

14 (61)

18 (44)

0.193

0.042

 Selling property

33 (12)

27 (15)

6 (6)

0.029

18 (28)

5 (22)

13 (32)

0.395

0.008

Having an income-earning job

201 (71)

119 (68)

82 (77)

0.139

49 (77)

17 (74)

32 (78)

0.708

0.477

 

n = 201

n = 119

n = 82

 

n = 201

n = 119

n = 82

  

Impact on job and income

 Job loss

64 (32)

38 (32)

26 (32)

0.801

34 (69)

10 (59)

24 (75)

0.242

0.001

 Sick leave

6 (3)

4 (3)

2 (2)

1.000

2 (4)

1 (6)

1 (3)

1.000

0.657

 Income loss

122 (61)

78 (66)

44 (54)

0.117

42 (86)

12 (71)

30 (94)

0.041

0.011

 % reduction in median (IQR) of patient’s previous income, %c

40 (100)

50 (0)

18 (100)

0.197

100 (54)

100 (100)

100 (0)

0.091

0.002

 % reduction in median (IQR) of household’s previous income, %c

20 (55)

29 (67)

8 (44)

0.250

40 (38)

27 (72)

42 (27)

0.924

0.299

  1. aPerceived impacts in five categories: no problem, slight problem, moderate problem, serious problem, and severe problem, b Perceived impacts in combined categories: no problem to slight problem and moderate to severe problem, c Calculated for patients reporting income loss. * P-values indicate the statistical significance of differences between poor and non-poor households. ** P-values indicate the statistical significance of differences between TB and MDR-TB groups
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Infectious Diseases of Poverty

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