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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 4.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2015 Dec 1;19(12):1513–1519. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.15.0341

Table 2. Mean monthly costs according to type of patient in 2013 $US.

In-patients (n = 82)
 Out-patients (n = 52)
Patient status mean ± SD median [IQR] Proportion of minimum monthly wage % mean ± SD median [IQR] Proportion of minimum monthly wage %
Direct costs
      Private health care     1.4 ± 8.0 0    0.8   1.1 ± 4.4 0  0.6
      Transport     5.3 ± 26.1 0    2.9   3.6 ± 8.6 0 [0-2.4]  2.0
      Miscellaneous     6.8 ± 14.5    0 [0–5.2]    3.7   2.1 ± 8.4 0  1.2
     Nutritional diet supplements   12.6 ± 35.3 1.5 [0–9.4]    6.9 49.2 ± 44 42 [20-62] 27.1
         Subtotal (direct)   26.0   14.3   56.0 30.9
Indirect costs
     Productivity loss: seeking care   10.9 ± 22.6    0.9 [0.1–11]    6.0   8.3 ± 11 2.9 [0.6–14]  4.6
     Productivity loss (hospitalisation) 225.2 ± 248    149 [45–355] 124.1 26.7 ± 80 0 14.7
     Carer costs     6.7 ± 19.3  2.1 [0–4.6]    3.7 28.2 ± 70.2 0 [0–6.2] 15.5
         Subtotal (indirect) 242.9 133.8   63.2 34.8
Coping costs
     Interest on loans     0.3 ± 4.4 0 [0–0]    0.2   2.9 ± 8.4 0 [0–2.6]  1.6
Mean monthly costs, $US 269.2 148.3 122.1 67.3

SD = standard deviation; IQR = interquartile range.