Patient medical costs for tuberculosis treatment and impact on adherence in China: a systematic review

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Table 5 Estimates of charging: medical cost for TB care by income category (RMB)

Study	Cost variable	County	Income category ^a			Average cost, % annual household income
			Low	Middle	High
Meng 2004¹⁰	Total medical cost	Middle	2099	2826	3105	75%
		Middle	2104	1449	1680	27%
		Poor	4015	2011	3238	119%
		Poor	1843	2054	2894	57%
Zhang 2007¹²	Annual household medical cost in household with TB patient	Whole rural China	1241 (42%)^b	2061 (28%)^b	2090 (19%)^b	NA
Liu 2010⁸	Monthly medical cost	Mixed	264 (185%)^c	280 (22%)^c	332 (8%)^c	18%^c

NA: not available
^a In Meng's study, Income category was classified by per capita income per year (Low≤500; Middle 500-1000; High > 1000)
In Zhang's study, each income category contained a third of the total number of households;
In Liu's study, income category was classified by family monthly income (Low < 310; Middle 310-2600; High > 2600);
^b Average annual household medical cost in household with TB patient as a percentage of annual household income in each income group;
^c Average monthly medical cost as a percentage of family monthly income in each income group and at an average level.

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