Table 2:

Summary of care-seeking pathways and associated direct costs for 196 patients

Step category	n	%	Mean $	% Direct Costs
Medical facility	769	62.1%	$32	74.4%
Pharmacy	137	11.1%	$3	7.0%
Traditional healer/herbalist	117	9.4%	$5	11.6%
Social contact	216	17.4%	$1	2.3%
Self	--	--	$2	4.7%
Total	1239	100.0%	$43	100.0%

NOTES: Medical facilities include both public TB providers and private non-TB providers. Social contacts include family members, friends, co-workers, and other acquaintances. Self refers to patient expenditures on fruit or protein in an effort to treat TB symptoms. The ‘n’ column refers to the number of steps/visits to each step category.