Table 2 Information on dissaving and patient characteristics for Tanzania tuberculosis patients, stratified by cost band
Cost band | Definition | No. | Mean patient cost (000 s TZS) | % Rural | Mean age | % Male | Mean SES score | % Reporting high income | % Hospitalised | No. dissaving | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Loan | Sale | Both | All | ||||||||||
Low | <100 % of median | 47 | 139 | 41 % | 37 | 60 % | 0.246 | 7 (15 %) | 4 (9 %) | 7 (15 %) | 11 (23 %) | 5 (11 %) | 23 (49 %) |
Medium | 100–200 % of median | 28 | 294 | 50 % | 39 | 54 % | 0.249 | 7 (25 %) | 4 (14 %) | 3 (11 %) | 8 (29 %) | 8 (29 %) | 19 (68 %) |
High | 200–300 % of median | 10 | 544 | 60 % | 42 | 80 % | 0.042 | 3 (30 %) | 3 (30 %) | 0 (0 %) | 1 (10 %) | 5 (50 %) | 6 (60 %) |
Extreme | >300 % of median | 9 | 1053 | 22 % | 44 | 67 % | 0.204 | 5 (55 %) | 7 (78 %) | 3 (33 %) | 3 (33 %) | 3 (33 %) | 9 (100 %) |
All | Any cost level | 94 | 323 | 44 % | 39 | 66 % | 0.221 | 22 (23 %) | 18 (19 %) | 13 (14 %) | 23 (24 %) | 21 (22 %) | 57 (61 %) |