Table 3.
Association between catastrophic costs and baseline characteristics for the entire episode of TB
| Baseline characteristics | Catastrophic cost incurrencec N (%)d |
Crude OR (95 %CI) |
Adjustede OR (95 %CI) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case finding model | |||
| PCFa | 13/44 (30) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ACF | 8/52 (15) | 0.43 (0.16–1.17) | 0.17 (0.05–0.67)* |
| Sex | |||
| Femalea | 6/35 (30) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Male | 15/61 (25) | 1.58 (0.55–4.52) | 1.65 (0.49–5.53) |
| Age categoryb | |||
| ≤50 yearsa | 9/51 (18) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| >50 years | 12/45 (27) | 1.70 (0.64–4.51) | 2.09 (0.67–6.52) |
| Education level | |||
| Up to primary school onlya | 11/33 (33) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Secondary school and above | 10/63 (16) | 0.38 (0.14–1.02) | 0.15 (0.04–0.60)* |
| Employment status | |||
| Unemployeda | 4/25 (16) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Employed | 17/71 (24) | 1.65 (0.50–5.49) | 4.14 (0.83–20.76) |
| Social Health Insurance status | |||
| Uninsureda | 5/20 (25) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Insured | 16/76 (21) | 0.80 (0.25–2.53) | 0.78 (0.19–3.23) |
aReferent;
bAge>50 years (mean age for pooled sample);
cN=96;
dDenotes participants that incurred catastrophic costs over the total number of people in a given subgroup;
eMultivariate logistic regression incorporating all shown patient covariates (i.e., case finding model, sex, etc.) as exposure parameters for the model
* Statistically significant difference at 95 % confidence level