Table 3 Distribution of OOP tuberculosis-related payments (USD) a across the household income quartiles
Indicators | Total | Income quartiles b | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Â | ||
Cost category | ||||||
 A1. Direct medical costs | 1586.7 | 1305.8 | 1506.2 | 1624.7 | 1900.2 | 0.046 |
 A2. Direct non-medical costs | 393.6 | 275.7 | 338.9 | 439.9 | 516.6 | 0.020 |
  Transport | 65.1 | 56.7 | 67.8 | 65.9 | 70.8 | 0.749 |
  Food | 198.6 | 142.0 | 178.6 | 230.0 | 241.9 | 0.194 |
  Accommodation | 46.9 | 34.4 | 45.7 | 45.1 | 61.9 | 0.360 |
  Nutritional supplement | 82.7 | 42.5 | 46.8 | 99.0 | 142.0 | 0.014 |
 A. Direct costs | 1980.3 | 1581.6 | 1845.1 | 2064.6 | 2416.8 | 0.046 |
 B. Indirect costs | 409.2 | 189.4 | 332.2 | 380.5 | 727.4 | < 0.001 |
 C. Total costs | 2389.5 | 1771.0 | 2177.3 | 2445.1 | 3144.2 | < 0.001 |
TB episode | ||||||
 E. Pre-treatment | 1167.8 | 941.4 | 1138.0 | 1180.5 | 1401.9 | 0.307 |
 F. During treatment | 1221.8 | 829.6 | 1039.3 | 1264.6 | 1742.3 | 0.001 |
  F1. Intensive phase | 772.4 | 490.7 | 604.2 | 828.3 | 1159.7 | 0.005 |
  F2. Continuation phase | 449.4 | 338.9 | 435.2 | 436.3 | 582.6 | 0.075 |