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Table 3 Perceived needs for financial support for each cost item and their actual costs, median (IQR), in USD

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

Cost items

Perceived needsa

Actual costsb

Total

Poor

Non-Poor

P**

Total

Poor

Non-Poor

n (%)

Median (IQR)

n (%)

Median (IQR)

n (%)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

TB

n = 282

 

n = 175

 

n = 107

     

 Income loss, per month

68 (24)

75 (112)

40 (23)

75 (112)

28 (26)

75 (131)

<  0.001

86 (127)c

75 (77)c

149 (185)c

        

75 (112)d

61 (87)d

142 (174)d

 Transportation, per visit

54 (19)

4 (5)

42 (24)

2 (2)

12 (11)

7 (17)

<  0.001

0 (1)

1 (1)

0 (0)

 Food-supplement, per month

42 (15)

22 (37)

24 (14)

22 (21)

18 (17)

34 (60)

<  0.001

2 (11)

1 (9)

3 (15)

 Consultation, per visit

11 (4)

13 (19)

6 (3)

10 (21)

5 (5)

22 (26)

<  0.001

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Drugs, per month

11 (4)

15 (33)

8 (5)

10 (15)

3 (3)

37 (4)

0.188

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Food, per visit

3 (1)

4 (3)

2 (1)

2 (3)

1 (1)

7 (0)

0.477

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Other disease(s), per visit

1 (0)

7 (0)

1 (1)

7 (0)

0 (0)

N/A

N/A

N/Ae

N/Ae

N/Ae

 Guardian, per visit

1 (0)

7 (0)

1 (1)

7 (0)

0 (0)

N/A

N/A

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

MDR-TB

n = 64

 

n = 23

 

n = 41

     

 Income loss, per month

22 (34)

205 (121)

6 (26)

176 (80)

16 (39)

224 (174)

0.367

183 (105)c

149 (191)c

205 (149)c

        

176 (114)d

123 (180)d

183 (149)d

 Transportation, per visit

27 (42)

4 (11)

10 (43)

3 (13)

17 (41)

4 (8)

0.223

1 (2)

1 (2)

1 (2)

 Food-supplements, per month

5 (8)

22 (34)

3 (13)

30 (26)

2 (5)

19 (7)

0.200

15 (29)

15 (30)

15 (24)

 Consultation, per visit

0 (0)

N/A

0 (0)

N/A

0 (0)

N/A

N/A

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Drug, per month

0 (0)

N/A

0 (0)

N/A

0 (0)

N/A

N/A

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Food, per visit

3 (5)

1 (1)

2 (9)

1 (0)

1 (2)

2 (0)

1.000

1 (1)

1 (1)

1 (1)

 Other disease(s), per visit

0 (0)

N/A

0 (0)

N/A

0 (0)

N/A

N/A

N/Ae

N/Ae

N/Ae

 Guardian, per visit

1 (2)

7 (0)

0 (0)

N/A

1 (2)

7 (0)

N/A

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

  1. aThe value of perceived needs for financial support were calculated only on the basis of information provided by those who indicated that they need financial support for each specific cost item. b Actual costs except for income loss were calculated on the basis of information from all patients; c Actual costs for income loss were calculated on the basis of information from patients who experienced job loss after diagnosis; d Actual costs for income loss were calculated on the basis of information from patients who had experienced personal income loss regardless of whether or not they had experienced job loss after diagnosis; N/A, not applicable; e During the interview, no specific question was asked on actual costs for other diseases; **P-values indicate the statistical significance of differences regarding the value of perceived needs between poor and non-poor households per cost item