Table 3.
Mean (median) HIV and TB patient costs per year across income quintiles in Ethiopia (expressed in $)
| Disease category | Income quintiles | Cost type | |||||
| Direct | Indirect | Total cost | |||||
| Mean (SD) |
Median (IQR) | Mean (SD) |
Median (IQR) | Mean (SD) |
Median (IQR) |
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| HIV | Poorest | 45 (92) | 14 (2–48) | 8 (15) | 2 (1–7) | 53 (97) | 20 (3–61) |
| Poor | 55 (170) | 13 (0–52) | 10 (19) | 3 (1–9) | 65 (173) | 22 (4–65) | |
| Middle | 50 (118) | 19 (3–49) | 16 (30) | 3 (2–16) | 66 (136) | 32 (7–65) | |
| Rich | 47 (89) | 15 (3–57) | 25 (51) | 4 (3–20) | 71 (111) | 27 (7–81) | |
| Richest | 73 (206) | 19 (3–79) | 60 (124) | 14 (5–59) | 133 (262) | 60 (12–132) | |
| P value* | 0.358 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| TB | Poorest | 31 (35) | 23 (7–41) | 19 (20) | 11 (6–24) | 50 (44) | 36 (20–66) |
| Poor | 44 (48) | 27 (15–54) | 36 (32) | 27 (13–45) | 79 (65) | 60 (38–96) | |
| Middle | 49 (53) | 36 (17–61) | 57 (46) | 40 (22–82) | 106 (79) | 82 (57–137) | |
| Rich | 61 (48) | 49 (28–84) | 79 (63) | 58 (27–117) | 140 (96) | 118 (68–181) | |
| Richest | 78 (86) | 54 (34–99) | 124 (145) | 70 (40–163) | 202 (189) | 148 (88–260) | |
| P value* | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
*Kruskal-Wallis test.
TB, tuberculosis.