Table 1. Demographic of the patients and costs due to TB care incurred by patients enrolled in TB patient cost survey, China, 2020 (N=3,286).
| Variable | Demographic profile | Costs (USD) | Kruskal-wallis test | ||||
| N | Prevalence (%) | Median (IQR) | χ2 value | P value | |||
| Abbreviation: TB=tuberculosis; USD=US dollar; IQR=interquartile range; UEBMI=urban employee basic medical insurance; NRCMS=new rural cooperative medical scheme. * Migrant stays for less than six months at the residence at the time of diagnosis. † Low income line in China is annual per capita household income less than 430 USD. | |||||||
| Total | 3,286 | 100.0 | 1185.5 (596.0–2230.8) | ||||
| Age (years) | |||||||
| <15 | 51 | 1.6 | 1079.9 (444.0–2597.2) | 50.3 | <0.0001 | ||
| 15–44 | 1,155 | 35.2 | 1016.5 (468.7–1960.5) | ||||
| 45–64 | 1,211 | 36.9 | 1234.7 (621.6–2299.6) | ||||
| ≥65 | 869 | 26.5 | 1342.2 (737.8–2366.0) | ||||
| Gender | |||||||
| Male | 2,201 | 67.0 | 1141.6 (585.8–2166.7) | 4 | 0.0443 | ||
| Female | 1,085 | 33.0 | 1273.7 (610.3–2381.0) | ||||
| Marital status | |||||||
| Unmarried | 689 | 21.0 | 931.8 (428.1–1801.0) | 52.6 | <0.0001 | ||
| Married | 2,296 | 69.9 | 1235.9 (635.6–2293.8) | ||||
| Divorced | 105 | 3.2 | 1378.4 (676.7–3057.5) | ||||
| Widowed | 195 | 5.9 | 1477.1 (804.2–2510.1) | ||||
| Region | |||||||
| East | 986 | 30.0 | 1107.9 (441.1–2251.1) | 14.4 | 0.0008 | ||
| Middle | 1,270 | 38.7 | 1152.1 (689.4–2105.9) | ||||
| West | 1,030 | 31.4 | 1288.1 (602.1–2325.9) | ||||
| Residence | |||||||
| Urban | 1,564 | 47.7 | 1170.6 (490.0–2209.3) | 9.2 | 0.0025 | ||
| Rural | 1,718 | 52.4 | 1192.4 (645.8–2246.0) | ||||
| Education | |||||||
| Illiterate or not completed primary school | 517 | 15.7 | 1416.0 (697.4–2299.6) | 16.6 | 0.0023 | ||
| Completed primary school | 1012 | 30.8 | 1218.0 (615.0–2314.9) | ||||
| Completed middle school | 962 | 29.3 | 1116.3 (574.0–2089.5) | ||||
| Completed high school | 444 | 13.5 | 1081.5 (516.3–2071.7) | ||||
| Completed college and above | 350 | 10.7 | 1168.8 (558.5–2330.6) | ||||
| Insurance | |||||||
| None | 85 | 2.6 | 1704.4 (713.8–3655.8) | 44.9 | <0.0001 | ||
| UEBMI | 771 | 23.5 | 972.7 (279.9–2325.9) | ||||
| NRCMS | 2,394 | 72.8 | 1223.5 (657.9–2180.5) | ||||
| Other insurance | 36 | 1.1 | 943.4 (444.8–1349.5) | ||||
| Economic activity | |||||||
| Formal sector | 671 | 20.4 | 1211.3 (634.5–2370.7) | 4.3 | 0.1189 | ||
| Informal sector | 1,660 | 50.5 | 1133.9 (566.5–2145.8) | ||||
| Economically inactive | 954 | 29.1 | 1245.9 (618.5–2264.4) | ||||
| Migrant status (Yes)* | 59 | 1.8 | 1106.7 (614.0–1941.4) | 0 | 0.8594 | ||
| Low income line (Yes)† | 704 | 21.4 | 972.3 (360.7–1956.0) | 40.6 | <0.0001 | ||
| Prime income earner (Yes) | 1,269 | 38.6 | 1153.7 (604.2–2325.9) | 0.6 | 0.4384 | ||