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. 2012 Nov 19;2012:747924. doi: 10.1155/2012/747924

Table 1.

Overall mean direct (medical and nonmedical), indirect, and total costs according to patient demographic and socioeconomic characteristics.

Patient characteristics Direct costs Indirect costs Total costs
No Medical Nonmedical Total direct
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Age
 ≤54 260 789 276.60 312 175.57 1101 324.71 2215 450.14 3316 537.87
 55+ 40 615 228.13 264 157.03 879 261.89 1652 311.40 2532 304.84
Sex
 Male 186 711 261.50 272 163.71 983 305.13 2737 483.14 3720* 545.53
 Female 114 855 281.22 360 186.72 1215 329.47 1165 323.41 2380 433.95
Education
 Above higher secondary 51 1117 295.36 306 169.60 1423 320.31 1415 319.75 2838 354.79
 Up to high school 117 606 239.71 281 165.61 887 286.31 2261 427.09 3148 479.69
 Up to primary 132 771 269.44 328 178.84 1099 317.41 2312 436.70 3411 502.95
Occupation
 Employed 186 731 265.00 278 165.48 1010 309.06 2935 497.18 3945* 557.52
 Unemployed 114 821 276.02 351 184.44 1172 324.27 842 279.25 2014 407.21
Per capita income
 Rs. < 1100 74 686 249.48 307 171.54 993 293.21 1851 372.56 2844 418.45
 Rs. 1100–2250 158 797 275.10 324 178.14 1121 322.72 2310 444.10 3431 518.26
 Rs. > 2250 68 779 262.63 262 158.72 1041 296.92 2058 378.83 3099 410.69
Family size
 ≤4 196 785 274.51 304 173.00 1089 320.70 2242 445.59 3331 525.82
 >4 104 729 260.37 309 173.15 1038 305.68 1947 397.81 2985 461.33
Family type
 Nuclear 214 758 270.40 310 174.79 1068 318.54 2217 445.79 3286 527.39
 Others 86 785 267.09 294 168.51 1079 307.18 1946 388.03 3025 442.83
Type of TB
 Pulmonary 219 573 236.22 223 148.57 796 276.96 2155 440.79 2951 505.31
 Extrapulmonary 81 1286 328.91 531 222.75 1817 375.42 2098 394.28 3915* 449.75

P < 0.01.