Table 4. Contribution of each component of costs due to TB diagnosis/treatment/care as a proportion of total costs among TB patients during different episodes of treatment in the study of Bao'an district, Shenzhen City, China, 2013.
Costs due to TB diagnosis and treatment as a proportion of total costs | TB diagnosis(N = 514) | TB treatment(N = 514) | TB care (N = 514) |
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% | % | % | |
Total costs | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Direct medical costs | 93.12 | 38.43 | 43.44 |
Direct non-medical costs(travel) | 2.96 | 19.47 | 17.96 |
Direct costs(all) | 96.08 | 57.90 | 61.40 |
Indirect costs (wage/income lost) | 3.92 | 42.10 | 38.60 |