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Table 3 Costs and time loss by occurrence of catastrophic costs, Kenya 2016

From: Determinants of household catastrophic costs for drug sensitive tuberculosis patients in Kenya

Variable*

All participants ± 

(n = 1071)

median (IQR)

With catastrophic costs

(n = 294)

median (IQR)

Without catastrophic costs

(n = 777)

median (IQR)

P-value**

Time loss (hours)

29 (17–57)

39 (20–104)

27 (16–47)

 < 0.001

Medical costs

11 (0–44)

25 (1.53–100)

9 (0–37)

 < 0.001

Non-medical costs

173 (78–345)

306 (159–651)

136 (59–285)

 < 0.001

Indirect costs

36 (22–66)

49 (25–139)

33 (21–57)

 < 0.001

Total costs

270 (141–502)

567 (299–1149)

212 (120–373)

 < 0.001

  1. *All costs in USD, 2020; **Mann–Whitney test