TABLE 2.

Financial and travel implications of accessing care for child contacts of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

	Did not attend appointment median [IQR]	Attended appointment median [IQR]	OR (95%CI)	P value
Distance to MDR-TB clinic, km (n = 82)	5 [4–8]	6 [2–14]	—	0.77
Time taken to travel to MDR-TB clinic, min (n = 93)	60 [45–90]	45 [25–60]	—	0.002
Cost of travel to MDR-TB clinic, SAR	40 [20–60]	18.5 [4–50]	—	0.03
More than one minibus taxi required to get to MDR-TB clinic, n (%)	26 (52)	13 (26)	3.08 (1.28–7.41)	0.008

IQR = interquartile range; OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; MDR-TB = multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; SAR = South African Rand.