Table 2 TB and MDR-TB patients’ knowledge of social-protection schemes
Knowledge of existing social-protection scheme | Type of TB | P-value | Having insurance | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TB (%) | MDR-TB (%) | Yes (%) | No (%) | |||
Did not know what social protection was | 236 (84) | 51 (80) | 0.794 | 187 (81) | 100 (88) | 0.112 |
Knew and could name the following social-protection schemes: | 46 (16) | 13 (20) | 45 (19) | 14 (12) | ||
Government aid for poor people (in general) | 19 (7) | 4 (6) | 19 (8) | 4 (4) | ||
Government aid for healthcare | 13 (5) | 2 (3) | 11 (5) | 4 (4) | ||
Direct government aid, cash transfera | 11 (4) | 1 (2) | 9 (4) | 3 (3) | ||
Government aid for transportation costs | 0 (0) | 3 (5) | 3 (1) | 0 (0) | ||
Government aid for education | 1 (0) | 2 (3) | 2 (1) | 1 (1) | ||
Other government aid | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | ||