Table 5.
Households experiencing catastrophic costsa for TB diagnosis and intensive phase treatment according to demographic and select clinical characteristics of patients registered for care under NTP, Puducherry, India, December 2016 to January 2017.
| Patient characteristics | n | No. (%) who experienced catastrophic costs | p |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 102 | 33 (32.4) | |
| Age (years) | |||
| 14–44 | 46 | 15 (32.6) | 0.02 |
| 45–60 | 32 | 15 (46.9) | |
| >60 | 24 | 3 (32.4) | |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 70 | 25 (35.7) | 0.2 |
| Female | 32 | 8 (25) | |
| Residence | |||
| Rural | 46 | 16 (34.8) | 0.6 |
| Urban | 56 | 17 (30.4) | |
| TB treatment category | |||
| New | 82 | 25 (30.5) | 0.4 |
| Previously treated | 20 | 8 (40) | |
| Type of TB | |||
| Pulmonary | 80 | 26 (32.5) | 0.95 |
| Extrapulmonary | 22 | 7 (31.8) | |
| HIV status | |||
| HIV positive | 6 | 5 (83.3) | 0.009 |
| HIV negative | 81 | 25 (30.9) | |
| Diabetes status | |||
| Diabetic | 28 | 11 (39.3) | 0.31 |
| Nondiabetic | 66 | 19 (28.8) | |
| Hospitalization | |||
| Yes | 46 | 21 (45.7) | 0.009 |
| No | 56 | 12 (21.4) |
aWhen total costs exceeded 20% of annual household income.