Table 2 Distribution of total costs and total costs as a proportion of AHI across income quintiles among TBa affected households in China (2017) (n = 1147)
From: Inequity in catastrophic costs among tuberculosis-affected households in China
Characteristic | Pre-TB treatment | TB treatment | TB care overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Median | (IQR) | Median | (IQR) | Median | (IQR) | |
Total costs(USD) | ||||||
1st MIPC quintile | 219.5 | (25.2, 579.9) | 254.7 | (161.3, 490.3) | 588.4 | (320.6, 1106.7) |
2ndMIPC quintile | 213.8 | (9.6, 669.2) | 302.7 | (193.9, 624.3) | 668.5 | (331.8, 1590.1) |
3rdMIPC quintile | 220.4 | (37.7, 857.3) | 425.5 | (270.0, 1016.7) | 1093.0 | (503.3, 1873.0) |
4th MIPC quintile | 416.4 | (103.4, 1376.2) | 567.2 | (316.3, 1115.8) | 1264.4 | (661.8, 2781.2) |
5th MIPC quintile | 438.7 | (65.2, 1436.9) | 600.5 | (367.3, 1378.3) | 1638.5 | (658.6, 3077.2) |
Overall | 283.5 | (41.8, 945.7) | 413.1 | (231.9, 927.8) | 965.5 | (461.8, 2059.3) |
P-value | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||
Total costs as proportion of AHI | ||||||
1st MIPC quintile | 30.6 | (1.6, 83.5) | 33.4 | (16.3, 80.1) | 72.5 | (31.7, 189.8) |
2nd MIPC quintile | 6.8 | (0.0, 28.3) | 14.1 | (8.9, 32.6) | 31.7 | (13.7, 68.9) |
3rd MIPC quintile | 7.7 | (1.2, 23.6) | 10.5 | (5.2, 20.9) | 23.5 | (11.8, 40.0) |
4th MIPC quintile | 5.4 | (0.9, 15.1) | 8.4 | (4.6, 17.3) | 19.5 | (8.5, 37.9) |
5th MIPC quintile | 2.6 | (0.4, 8.6) | 5 | (2.8, 13.0) | 13.5 | (5.4, 25.1) |
Overall | 6.3 | (0.6, 25.1) | 11.8 | (5.2, 27.2) | 24.7 | (11.3, 60.7) |
P-value | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||