Costs of a successful public-private partnership for TB control in an urban setting in Nepal

BMC Public Health

Table 6 Recurrent patient-related costs by sex and source of referral (US$)

Source of referral	Male			Female			ALL (USD)
	No of cases	Costs		No of cases	Costs
		Median	Mean		Median	Mean	Median	Mean
Public facility	13	32.72	128.44	10	43.02	99.00	32.72	115.64
Private sector	8	30.63	144.27	7	68.35	94.81	56.31	121.19
Self-referred	4	63.74	473.15	1	32.94	32.94	30.17	385.10
Semi government	2	105.47	160.42	5	44.47	472.84	44.47	383.58
All referral sources	27	32.72	186.57	23	55.27	176.13	35.94	181.77

A breakdown of patient-related recurrent costs by source of referral and sex is reported with No of cases indicating frequency of each. All costs are reported in US$).

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