Table 4. Distribution and estimates of the direct effect of being beneficiary of governmental cash transfer program on tuberculosis treatment outcomes among people from the Brazilian Notifiable Disease Information System database (SINAN), 2015.
| Determinants | All TB forms | Pulmonary TB only | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment outcome | ||||||
| Not cured n (%) |
Cured n (%) |
Total n (%) |
Not cured n (%) |
Cured n (%) |
Total n (%) |
|
| No cash transfer group | 7,476 (32) | 15,894 (68) | 23,370 (100) | 6,174 (31) | 13,485 (69) | 19,659 (100) |
| Cash transfer group | 383 (22) | 1,331 (78) | 1,714 (100) | 316 (21) | 1,188 (79) | 1,504 (100) |
| Total | 7,859 (31) | 17,225 (69) | 25,084 (100) | 6,490 (31) | 14,673 (69) | 21,163 (100) |
| Total population | ||||||
| Model Aa | RR 1.14 (95%CI, 1.11 to 1.17) | RR 1.15 (95%CI, 1.12 to 1.18) | ||||
| Model Bb | RR 1.13 (95%CI, 1.10 to 1.16) | RR 1.14 (95%CI, 1.10 to 1.17) | ||||
| Model Cc | RR 1.13 (95%CI, 1.10 to 1.16) | RR 1.14 (95%CI, 1.10 to 1.17) | ||||
| Not assigned to DOT | ||||||
| Model Aa | RR 1.11 (95%CI, 1.04 to 1.17) | RR 1.15 (95%CI, 1.08 to 1.21) | ||||
| Model Bb | RR 1.13 (95%CI, 1.07 to 1.20) | RR 1.16 (95%CI, 1.10 to 1.23) | ||||
| Model Cc | RR 1.12 (95%CI, 1.05 to 1.18) | RR 1.15 (95%CI, 1.09 to 1.23) | ||||
| Assigned to DOT | ||||||
| Model Aa | RR 1.10 (95%CI, 1.07 to 1.13) | RR 1.10 (95%CI, 1.07 to 1.13) | ||||
| Model Bb | RR 1.08 (95%CI, 1.05 to 1.11) | RR 1.08 (95%CI, 1.05 to 1.11) | ||||
| Model Cc | RR 1.09 (95%CI, 1.05 to 1.12) | RR 1.09 (95%CI, 1.05 to 1.12) | ||||
| ATEd total population | Coeff. 0.08 (95%IC, 0.05 to 0.10) | Coeff. 0.08 (95%IC, 0.06 to 0.11) | ||||
| ATEd not assigned to DOT | Coeff. 0.06 (95%IC, 0.02 to 0.10) | Coeff. 0.08 (95%IC, 0.04 to 0.13) | ||||
| ATEd assigned to DOT | Coeff. 0.06 (95%IC, 0.03 to 0.09) | Coeff. 0.06 (95%IC, 0.03 to 0.09) | ||||
a: Model unadjusted.
b: Model adjusted by schooling, skin color, healthcare worker, area of residence, region of residence, and comorbidities.
c: Model adjusted by propensity score, skin color, and region of residence.
d: Average treatment effect of being beneficiary of governmental social program of cash transfer on cure.
Coeff.: difference of the effects for beneficiaries of cash transfer program and non-beneficiaries; DOT: directly observed therapy; n: number of observations; RR: risk ratio
Not Cured: reference category of outcome.