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. 2007 Feb 8;7:19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-19

Table 6.

Annual household medical costs as percentage of annual household expenditure and annual household income for TB suspects and diagnosed TB patients in 2002, by income group

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TB suspects (N = 2308)
Low income group (N = 854) 1239 2718 4158 45.6 29.8
Middle income group (N = 691) 1121 5810 5835 19.3 19.2
High income group (N = 763) 2147 12835 9946 16.7 21.6
TB patients (N = 180)
Low income group (N = 80) 1241 2954 4105 42.0 30.2
Middle income group (N = 56) 2061 7393 8033 27.9 25.7
High income group (N = 46) 2090 11219 9198 18.6 22.7