Overall | First time | Repeat | Repeat | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TB patients | TB patients: completed prior treatment | TB patients: incomplete prior treatment | |||
N | 1007 | 811 | 157 | 39 | |
Percent of all patients | 80% | 16% | 4% | ||
Patient characteristics | |||||
Male | % | 67.4% | 68.3% | 66.3% | 54.9% |
Mean age | Yrs | 37.4 | 37.4 | 37.2 | 36.6 |
Literate | % | 36.9% | 39.1% | 27.3% | 31.8% |
Education: mean amount of schooling (If Literate) | Yrs | 7.15 | 7.20 | 6.66 | 7.79 |
Scheduled Caste, scheduled Tribe, other backward class | % | 91.5% | 91.3% | 92.3% | 90.3% |
Hindu | % | 88.9% | 89.3% | 88.2% | 84.2% |
Household characteristics | |||||
Household size | # | 6.59 | 6.43 | 7.36 | 6.37 |
Number of children under 5 | # | 1.64 | 1.59 | 1.87 | 1.70 |
Treatment and illness | |||||
Total weeks from symptom onset to treatment initiation | Wks | 6.05 | 6.01 | 6.33 | 5.63 |
Number of providers visited | # | 1.07 | 1.04 | 1.18 | 1.25 |
Any treatment or medication fees | % | 63.9% | 59.2% | 85.3% | 68.2% |
Any travel costs | % | 79.4% | 79.5% | 78.4% | 82.0% |
Mean total cost of treatment among those paying any costs/fees | Rupees | 318 | 296 | 385 | 456 |
2 or fewer symptoms at treatment initiation | % | 46.7% | 50.5% | 23.1% | 69.9% |
3-4 symptoms at treatment initiation | % | 18.7% | 18.3% | 21.6% | 14.1% |
≥5 symptoms at treatment initiation | % | 34.6% | 31.1% | 55.4% | 16.0% |