Table 1– Type of costs.
Study | Mean/ median/both | Phase coverage# | Components of | Breakdown of | Disaggregation by | Costs as percentage of annual income | Coping mechanism | ||||||||||||
Direct costs | Direct med. costs | Direct non-med. costs | Hosp. cost | Lost income | Direct med. costs | Direct non-med. costs | Lost income | Before/ during treatment¶ | Hosp./amb. | MDR/ non-MDR | SES | Sex | Individ. | House. | LQ | ||||
Muniyandi (India, 2000) [30] | Both | Both | √ | √ | D&I | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||
Rajeswari (India, 1995+) [31] | Both | Both | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||
Mauch (Ghana, 2009+) [5] | Both | Both | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | All | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||
Mauch (Vietnam, 2009+) [5] | Both | Both | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | D&I | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||
Mauch (Dominican Republic, 2009+) [5] | Both | Both | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | D&I | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||
Karki (Nepal, 2002) [32] | Both | Both | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||
Xu (China, 2002) [33] | Both | Both | √ | √ | √ | D | √§ | √§ | √§ | ||||||||||
Kemp (Malawi, 2001) [34] | Both | Before | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||
Needham (Zambia, 1995) [35] | Both | Before | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||||||||
Mesfin (Ethiopia, 2005) [36] | Both | Before | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||
Jacquet (Haiti, 2003) [37] | Mean | Both | √ | √ | D&I | √ | |||||||||||||
Lönnroth (Myanmar, 2004) [38] | Mean | Both | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | All | √ | √ | √ | |||||||
Gibson (Sierra Leone, 1994) [39] | Mean | Both | √ | D | |||||||||||||||
Kamolratanakul (Thailand, 1996/97) [40] | Mean | Both | √ | √§ | √§ | √ | √ | √ | D | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||||||
Wyss (Tanzania, 1996) [41] | Mean | Both | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||
Saunderson (Uganda, 1992) [42] | Mean | Both | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||||||||||||
Sinanovic (South Africa, 1998) [43] | Mean | Both | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||||||||||||
Jackson (China, 2002–2005) [44] | Mean | Both | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||||||||
Pantoja (India, 2005) [45] | Mean | Both | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | All | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||||
Ananthakrishnan (India, 2007) [46] | Mean | Both | √ | √ | √ | √ | All | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||||||||
Othman (Yemen, 2008/09) [47] | Mean | Both | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||
Pichenda (Cambodia, 2008) [48] | Mean | Both | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | All | √ | √ | √ | |||||||
Ayé (Tajikistan, 2006/07) [49] | Mean | Both | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | D&I | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||||||
Steffen (Brazil, 2007/08) [50] | Mean | Both | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | All | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||||
Rouzier (Ecuador, 2007) [51] | Mean | Both | √ | √§ | √§ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||
John (India, 2007) [52] | Mean | Both | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | All | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||
Muniyandi (India, 2000) [53] | Mean | Both | √ | √ | √ | ||||||||||||||
Elamin (Malaysia, 2002) [54] | Mean | Both | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||
Mahendradhata (Indonesia, 2004/05) [55] | Mean | Both | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||
Sinanovic (South Africa, 2002) [56] | Mean | Both | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||||||||||||
Vassall (Ethiopia, 2005) [57] | Mean | Both | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | All | √ | √ | |||||||||
Costa (Brazil, 2000) [58] | Mean | Both | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||
El Sony (Sudan, 1998/99) [59] | Mean | Both | √ | √ | √ | ||||||||||||||
Khan (Pakistan, 1997/98) [60] | Mean | Both | √ | √ | √ | ||||||||||||||
Umar (Nigeria, 2008) [61] | Mean | Both | √ | √ | √ | √§ | |||||||||||||
Vassall (Syria, 1999) [62] | Mean | Both | √ | √ | √ | ||||||||||||||
Vassall (Egypt, 1999) [62] | Mean | Both | √ | √ | √ | ||||||||||||||
Meng (China, 2000) [63] | Mean | Both | √ | √ | √§ | ||||||||||||||
Zhan (China, 2000/01) [64] | Mean | Bothƒ | √ | √ | √ | Dƒ | √§ | √§ | |||||||||||
Ray (India, 2003) [65] | Mean | Before | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||||
Datiko (Ethiopia, 2007) [66] | Mean | Before | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||
Croft (Bangladesh, 1996) [67] | Mean | Before## | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||||||||||
Okello (Uganda, 1998) [68] | Mean | During | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||||||||||
Wandwalo (Tanzania, 2002) [69] | Mean | During | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||||
Prado (Brazil, 2005/06) [70] | Mean | During | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||
Mirzoev (Nepal, 2001/02) [71] | Mean | During | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||||
Jacobs (Russia, 1997) [72] | Mean | During | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||||
Total number of surveys | 47 (44 studies) | 44 | 31 | 29 | 9 | 42 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 25 | 13 | 36 | 10 | |
Mauch (Kenya, 2008) [73] | Median | Both | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||||
Laokri (Burkina Faso, 2007/08) [74] | Median | Both | √ | ||||||||||||||||
Umar (Nigeria, 2008) [75] | Median | Both | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||||||||||
Aspler (Zambia, 2006) [76] | Median | Both | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | D | √ | √ | √ | |||||||
Liu (China, 2004) [77] | Median | Both | √ | √ | √ | D | |||||||||||||
Total number of surveys | 5 (5 studies) | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
The years in which the majority of data collection took place are provided for each study. Hosp.: hospitalisation; amb.: ambulatory; SES: socioeconomic status; individ.: individual annual income; house.: household annual income; LQ: lowest quintile. #: before treatment, during treatment, or before and during treatment (both). ¶: only direct costs (D); direct and indirect costs without medical and non-medical subcomponents (D&I); or all costs including medical and non-medical subcomponents (all). +: estimated year of data collection using the average gap of 4 years calculated from other articles. §: data are only for part of the costs and were excluded from the calculation of the average and figure 3. ƒ: costs of diagnosis are included in post-diagnosis. ##: data is before reaching facilities of national tuberculosis programme.