Skip to main content
. 2009 Aug 5;9:283. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-283

Table 3.

Mean direct costs and time loss of immigrants with tuberculosis during different periods of their illness (n = 60)

Direct costs (euro's)
Patients reporting costs during this period All patients (n = 60)
N (%)* Mean costs (min-max)† Mean costs † Median costs (IQR)

Pre-diagnostic period 23 (38) €15 (€1–€72) €6 0 (0–4)
Diagnostic period 36 (60) €27 (€1–€190) €16 5 (0–16)
Follow-up visits 49 (82) €49 (€5–€195) €40 27 (10–60)
DOT visits 13 (22) €72 (€3–€417) €16 0 (0–0)
Hospitalization 21 (35) €301 (€2–€3960) €105 0 (0–51)
Additional costs 39 (65) €263 (€4–€2400) €171 64 (0–251)
TOTAL 58 (97) €365 (€3–€3961) €353 190 (74–399)

Time loss (days)

Patients reporting time loss during this period All patients (n = 60)
N (%)* Mean time loss, days (min-max) Mean time loss Median time loss (IQR)

Pre-diagnostic period 41 (68) 0.2 (0.0–1.8) 0.1 0.1 (0–0.2)
Diagnostic period 42 (70) 0.3 (0.0–1.2) 0.2 0.2 (0–0.4)
Follow-up visits 60 (100) 0.6 (0.18–2.0) 0.6 0.4 (0.3–0.8)
DOT visits 31 (52) 1.3 (0.2–6.6) 0.7 0.1 (0–0.7)
Hospitalization 28 (47) 39.9 (1.0–180.0) 18.6 0 (0–21.0)
Other workdays lost 39 (65) 93.0 (21.0–600.0) 60.5 31.0 (0–90.0)
TOTAL 60 (100) 80.7 (0.5–637.2) 80.7 59.7 (4.6–121.5)

Definition of abbreviations: IQR = inter-quarter range; DOT = directly observed therapy

* Column percentages are given

† Costs are rounded to the nearest integer.