Table 4.
Factors associated with time to receipt first direct benefit transfer (DBT) instalment among patients with TB notified and initiated on first-line anti-TB treatment at City TB Centre Vadodara, India, between April and September 2018 (n=767*)
| Factors | Category | Median time to receipt (months) | IQR of time to receipt (months) |
P value† |
| Overall | 5.2 | 3.4 to 7.4 | ||
| Age (in years) | Below 15 | 7.1 | 4.9 to 8.4 | 0.007 |
| 15–59 | 5.1 | 3.3 to 7.3 | ||
| 60 and above | 5.7 | 3.8 to 7.5 | ||
| Gender | Male | 5.2 | 3.4 to 7.3 | 0.927 |
| Female | 5.3 | 3.2 to 7.6 | ||
| Residence | Within city‡ | 5.1 | 3.3 to 7.3 | <0.001§ |
| Outside city‡ | 7.4 | 6.0 to 10.1 | ||
| Not reported | 8.2 | 8.2 to 8.2 | ||
| HIV | Reactive | 3.5 | 2.7 to 7.3 | <0.001 |
| Non-reactive | 5.0 | 3.2 to 7.2 | ||
| Unknown | 6.6 | 4.7 to 8.1 | ||
| Treatment sector | Public | 4.9 | 3.2 to 7.1 | <0.001 |
| Private | 7.5 | 5.9 to 9.5 | ||
| Patient type | New | 5.2 | 3.3 to 7.5 | 0.452 |
| Previously treated | 5.4 | 3.6 to 7.4 | ||
| Tuberculosis site | Pulmonary | 5.2 | 3.4 to 7.5 | 0.497 |
| Extra pulmonary | 5.1 | 3.3 to 7.1 |
*Date of receipt of first instalment was ahead of treatment initiation date in four patients so not considered.
†Mann-Whitney U test used for two categories and Kruskal-Wallis H test for more than two categories.
‡Administrative area of City TB Centre, Vadodara.
§‘Not reported’ category not included in calculation because only one record.