Table 2.

Factors associated with non-approval of payment among tuberculosis patients in Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka state, India, April–June 2018.

		Non-approval of payment
Variable	Total	N	%	RR	95% CI	aRR	95% CI
Age group (years)
0–17	17	06	35.3	1		1
18–44	208	100	48.1	1.36	0.70–2.63	1.22	0.49–2.99
45–59	121	65	53.7	1.52	0.78–2.95	1.23	0.48–3.13
60 and above	71	38	53.5	1.51	0.76–2.99	1.14	0.44–2.98
Gender
Female	128	61	47.7	1		1
Male	289	148	51.3	0.47	0.39–0.57	0.97	0.70–1.34
TB unit
Bantwal	40	11	27.5	1		1
Belthangady	18	3	16.7	0.60	0.92–1.91	0.58	0.16–2.11
Mangaluru North	220	117	53.2	1.93	1.36–3.80	1.26	0.65–2.44
Mangaluru South	32	14	43.8	1.59	0.84–3.24	1.36	0.60–3.10
Moodabidre	25	17	68.0	2.47	1.39–4.37	1.63	0.74–3.60
Puttur	63	38	60.0	2.19	1.27–3.76	1.59	0.77–3.26
Sullia	19	09	47.4	1.72	0.86–3.43	1.40	0.55–3.57
Type of TB
New	276	114	41.3	1		1
Retreatment	27	8	29.6	0.71	0.39–1.30	0.82	0.39–1.74
Not recorded	114	87	76.3	1.84	1.55–2.19	1*
Disease site
Pulmonary	227	87	38.3	1		1
Extra-Pulmonary	76	35	46.1	1.20	0.89–1.61	1.47	0.83–2.63
Not recorded	114	87	76.3	1.99	1.63–2.41	1.01	0.70–1.46
HIV status
Reactive	5	5	100	2.24	1.99–2.52	0.96	0.37–2.48
Non-Reactive	88	53	60.2	1.29	1.05–1.58	0.88	0.62–1.25
NotRecorded	324	151	46.6	1		1
Diagnostic test
Microscopy	206	100	48.5	1		1
Xpert MTB/RIF	98	62	63.3	1.30	1.06–1.60	0.98	0.68–1.43
Other	113	47	41.6	0.85	0.66–1.11	0.81	0.47–1.39
Residence
Rural	156	60	45.6	1		1
Urban	261	149	64.7	1.48	1.18–1.85	1.30	0.94–1.80
Aadhaar number
Yes	305	107	36.6	1		1
No	112	102	81.6	2.22	1.87–2.64	0.99	0.67–1.47
Bank account
Yes	305	97	31.8	1		1
No	112	112	100	3.29	2.79–3.87	3.07	2.01–4.67

*Omitted due to collinearity with the variable disease site.

TB = tuberculosis; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; Aadhaar number = 12-digit unique identification number provided to citizens of India; RR = unadjusted relative risk; aRR = adjusted relative risk; CI = confidence intervals;

RR and 95% CI in bold indicate variables found to be statistically significant (p value <0.05)