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Table 6 Median costs of patients interviewed within and after one month of treatment initiation, Nepal, 2018

From: The role of active case finding in reducing patient incurred catastrophic costs for tuberculosis in Nepal

Cost item

Active case finding

P-valuea

Passive case finding

P-valuea

Total

P-valuea

<  1 month

(n = 22)

>  1 month

(n = 28)

<  1 month

(n = 16)

>  1 month

(n = 34)

<  1 month

(n = 38)

>  1 month

(n = 62)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Pre-treatment

 Direct medical

14.0 (0.0–27.7)

14.9 (6.3–31.7)

0.427

32.5 (8.6–80.7)

31.6 (14.3–79.1)

1

16.6 (4.3–46.1)

19.9 (9.6–46.5)

0.306

 Direct non-medical

3.7 (2.7–7.2)

3.4 (1.4–12.1)

0.953

13.5 (2.3–49.3)

9.7 (2.7–35.2)

0.992

5.4 (2.7–21.7)

6.1 (2.0–22.6)

0.725

 Indirect

51.0 (4.4–160.5)

68.1 (5.4–294.3)

0.814

281.8 (55.3–513.1)

28.8 (11.6–143.7)

< 0.001

99.2 (6.3–408.4)

36.0 (8.7–194.3)

0.088

Total

121.8 (15.4–240.0)

146.7 (29.2–325.0)

0.639

365.9 (164.9–592.0)

128.5 (55.1–220.2)

0.007

121.8 (15.4–240.0)

146.7 (29.2–325.0)

0.237

Intensive phase

 Direct medical

0

0

0.716

0

0

0.716

0

0

0.379

 Direct non-medical

26.4 (14.1–45.9)

22.2 (8.4–37.0)

0.187

81.4 (33.8–141.8)

15.8 (6.5–38.6)

0.005

36.1 (18.1–78.0)

18.4 (8.1–37.8)

0.004

 Indirect

51.5 (29.9–98.9)

54.9 (22.0–85.6)

0.494

63.5 (44.2–102.6)

54.2 (19.5–82.7)

0.126

58.8 (38.9–100.3)

54.9 (19.5–82.7)

0.128

Total

113.3 (56.4–144.0)

72.7 (46.1–133.6)

0.282

190.4 (113.2–234.5)

67.6 (39.3–143.4)

0.004

122.8 (72.1–193.2)

71.6 (41.1–143.4)

0.005

Total cost pre-treatment and intensive phase

 Direct medical

14.9 (0.0–33.3)

14.9 (6.3–46.3)

0.617

40.3 (9.6–95.8)

33.5 (16.9–87.5)

0.934

24.9 (4.5–67.0)

21.1 (9.6–59.6)

0.477

 Direct non-medical

33.2 (18.2–33.2)

28.0 (11.9–55.2)

0.369

102.2 (36.1–195.7)

30.8 (19.3–95.0)

0.061

48.9 (20.8–99.8)

30.0 (15.4–73.3)

0.113

 Indirect

105.7 (34.9–313.8)

163.6 (38.2–394.8)

0.953

366.9 (97.2–628.9)

76.3 (50.9–246.9)

0.003

165.7 (82.8–538.8)

90.2 (46.1–308.3)

0.039

Total

209.3 (96.4–355.6)

280.5 (80.2–476.7)

0.815

556.3 (331.3–717.8)

232.3 (85.0–448.3)

0.002

337.5 (163.8–608.2)

244.4 (84.4–461.1)

0.091

  1. a Chi square test