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Table 3 Mean direct costs and time loss of immigrants with tuberculosis during different periods of their illness (n = 60)

From: Direct and indirect costs of tuberculosis among immigrant patients in the Netherlands

 

Direct costs (euro's)

 

Patients reporting costs during this period

All patients (n = 60)

 

N (%)*

Mean costs (min-max)†

Mean costs †

Median costs (IQR)

Pre-diagnostic period

23 (38)

€15 (€1–€72)

€6

0 (0–4)

Diagnostic period

36 (60)

€27 (€1–€190)

€16

5 (0–16)

Follow-up visits

49 (82)

€49 (€5–€195)

€40

27 (10–60)

DOT visits

13 (22)

€72 (€3–€417)

€16

0 (0–0)

Hospitalization

21 (35)

€301 (€2–€3960)

€105

0 (0–51)

Additional costs

39 (65)

€263 (€4–€2400)

€171

64 (0–251)

TOTAL

58 (97)

€365 (€3–€3961)

€353

190 (74–399)

 

Time loss (days)

 

Patients reporting time loss during this period

All patients (n = 60)

 

N (%)*

Mean time loss, days (min-max)

Mean time loss

Median time loss (IQR)

Pre-diagnostic period

41 (68)

0.2 (0.0–1.8)

0.1

0.1 (0–0.2)

Diagnostic period

42 (70)

0.3 (0.0–1.2)

0.2

0.2 (0–0.4)

Follow-up visits

60 (100)

0.6 (0.18–2.0)

0.6

0.4 (0.3–0.8)

DOT visits

31 (52)

1.3 (0.2–6.6)

0.7

0.1 (0–0.7)

Hospitalization

28 (47)

39.9 (1.0–180.0)

18.6

0 (0–21.0)

Other workdays lost

39 (65)

93.0 (21.0–600.0)

60.5

31.0 (0–90.0)

TOTAL

60 (100)

80.7 (0.5–637.2)

80.7

59.7 (4.6–121.5)

  1. Definition of abbreviations: IQR = inter-quarter range; DOT = directly observed therapy
  2. * Column percentages are given
  3. † Costs are rounded to the nearest integer.