Table 3 Types of cost data and categories of costs of TB diagnosis from first consultation to tuberculosis diagnosis.
Cost per patient1 | ||
|---|---|---|
Type of costs and categories | Mean | Median (25, 75 percentiles) |
Indirect costs: | ||
Income lost from time spent at care providers | 31 | 8 (2.3, 21) |
Travel time cost of visiting care providers | 2 | 0.6 (0.2, 2) |
Total indirect cost | 33 | 10 (3.4, 23) |
Direct costs | ||
Non-medical | ||
Transport cost for visits at public health facilities | 4 | 1.4 (0, 5) |
Lodging costs during visits to public health facilities | 5 | 0 (0, 4.3) |
Total non-medical cost | 9 | 2.3 (0, 9) |
Medical | ||
Cost of other drugs | 6 | 2 (0, 9) |
Consultation cost | 3 | 2 (1, 3) |
Investigation cost | 6 | 3 (2, 6) |
Hospital admissions cost | 4 | 0 (0, 0) |
Total medical cost | 18 | 9 (4, 19) |
Direct total | 26 | 14 (6, 30) |
Total cost | 59 | 27 (12, 55) |