Table 1 Demographic, socio-economic and clinical characteristics of Tuberculosis patients among residents and migrants
From: Catastrophic costs of tuberculosis care in a population with internal migrants in China
Variable | Total | Residents | Migrants | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 248 | N = 74 | N = 174 | |||||
Age, yrs. [median (IQR)] | 34 | (26–49) | 52 | (34–62) | 32 | (25–40) | < 0.01 |
Gender [n (%)] | 0.40 | ||||||
Male | 167 | (67.3) | 47 | (63.5) | 120 | (69.0) | |
Female | 81 | (32.7) | 27 | (36.5) | 54 | (31.0) | |
Education level [n (%)] | 0.01 | ||||||
Primary | 46 | (18.5) | 19 | (25.7) | 27 | (15.5) | |
Middle | 88 | (35.5) | 20 | (27.0) | 68 | (39.1) | |
High | 82 | (33.1) | 20 | (27.0) | 62 | (35.6) | |
College | 32 | (12.9) | 15 | (20.3) | 17 | (9.8) | |
Living area per capita, m2 [median (IQR)] | 16 | (9–30) | 34 | (24–60) | 12 | (8–20) | < 0.01 |
No. of member per household [median (IQR)] | 3 | (3–5) | 3 | (3–4) | 4 | (3–5) | 0.15 |
Mean Income, thousand RMB [median (IQR)] | |||||||
Monthly income | 3.5 | (2.0–4.5) | 2.9 | (1.3–3.0) | 3.8 | (2.5–4.9) | < 0.01 |
Annual household income | 80 | (54–120) | 70 | (50–100) | 90 | (60–120) | 0.01 |
Annual household income per capita | 24 | (16–33) | 20 | (15–32) | 25 | (17–36) | 0.06 |
Medical insurance status [n (%)] | < 0.01 | ||||||
Yes | 154 | (62.1) | 70 | (94.6) | 84 | (48.3) | |
No-feasible (self-pay) | 94 | (37.9) | 4 | (5.4) | 90 | (51.7) | |
Debts [n (%)] | 0.96 | ||||||
Yes | 17 | (6.9) | 5 | (6.8) | 12 | (6.9) | |
No | 231 | (93.1) | 69 | (93.2) | 162 | (93.1) | |
Occurence of Catastrophic cost | < 0.01 | ||||||
Yes | 55 | (22.2) | 25 | (33.8) | 30 | (17.2) | |
No | 193 | (77.8) | 49 | (66.2) | 144 | (82.8) | |
TB history [n (%)] | 0.03 | ||||||
Yes | 17 | (6.9) | 9 | (12.2) | 8 | (4.6) | |
No | 231 | (93.1) | 65 | (87.8) | 166 | (95.4) | |
Number of patient visits [median (IQR)] | |||||||
Pre-diagnosis | 3 | (2–4) | 3 | (2–4) | 3 | (2–4) | 0.17 |
Post-diagnosis | 14 | (11–17) | 15 | (12–19) | 13 | (11–16) | 0.01 |
Treatment outcomes [n (%)] | 0.80 | ||||||
Cured | 85 | (34.3) | 26 | (35.1) | 59 | (33.9) | |
Completed | 158 | (63.7) | 46 | (62.2) | 112 | (64.4) | |
Others | 5 | (2.0) | 2 | (2.7) | 3 | (1.7) | |
Sputum smear microscope testing [n (%)] | 0.82 | ||||||
Positive | 88 | (35.5) | 27 | (36.5) | 61 | (35.1) | |
Negative | 157 | (63.3) | 45 | (60.8) | 112 | (64.4) | |
Default | 3 | (1.2) | 2 | (2.7) | 1 | (0.6) | |
Hospitalization [n (%)] | < 0.01 | ||||||
None | 163 | (65.7) | 31 | (41.9) | 132 | (75.9) | |
Yes | 85 | (34.3) | 43 | (58.1) | 42 | (24.1) | |
Pre-diagnosis | 56 | (22.6) | 26 | (35.1) | 30 | (17.2) | |
Post-diagnosis | 18 | (7.3) | 11 | (14.9) | 7 | (4.0) | |
In both period | 11 | (4.4) | 6 | (8.1) | 5 | (2.9) | |
Diagnosis delay, days [median (IQR)] | |||||||
Patient delay (days from symptom to seeking care) | 10 | (3–22) | 10 | (3–26) | 10 | (2–20) | 0.17 |
Hospital delay (days from seeking care to diagnosis) | 13 | (6–20) | 15 | (7–22) | 11 | (6–19) | 0.07 |