Table 3 Concentration indices for total costs, total costs as a proportion of pre-TB annual household income and catastrophic costs due to TB care, among TBa affected households in China (2017) (n = 1147)
From: Inequity in catastrophic costs among tuberculosis-affected households in China
Costs due to TB care | Concentration index (95% CI)* | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Total costs | Total costs as proportion of AHI | Catastrophic costs | |
Pre-TB treatment | 0.172 (0.113, 0.231) | −0.429 (− 0.528, − 0.331) | − 0.277 (− 0.327, − 0.227) |
TB Treatment | 0.199 (0.140, 0.259) | − 0.377 (− 0.449, − 0.305) | − 0.306 (− 0.351, − 0.261) |
TB care (pre-TB treatment and treatment) | 0.186 (0.145–0.228) | −0.402 (− 0.466, − 0.338) | −0.169 (− 0.197, − 0.141) |