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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 23.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2012 May 7;16(7):955–960. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0502

Table 3.

Treatment support measures provided to patients treated for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, 1999–2006

Characteristic Non-defaulters
(n = 495)
n (%)		 Defaulters
(n = 88)
n (%)		 Total
(N = 583)
n (%)		 P value*
Transportation
 allowance		 80 (16) 11 (13) 91 (16) 0.38
Housing allowance 15 (4) 2 (3) 17 (3) 0.67
Food baskets 231 (47) 34 (39) 265 (45) 0.16
Ancillary drugs 71 (14) 8 (9) 79 (14) 0.19
Hospitalization
 support (if
 hospitalized)		 22 (4) 1 (1) 23 (4) 0.14
Decentralization 158 (32) 9 (10) 167 (29) <0.001
*

Using χ2 test comparing defaulters and non-defaulters.