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Table 4 Socioeconomic impact and catastrophic costs in patients diagnosed through ACF and PCF at individual treatment periods

From: Socio-protective effects of active case finding on catastrophic costs from tuberculosis in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam: a longitudinal patient cost survey

Variables

Pre-treatment, N (%)

ORd

(95 % CI)

Intensive phase, N (%)

ORd

(95 % CI)

Continuation phase, N (%)

ORd

(95 % CI)

End of treatment, N (%)

ORd

(95 % CI)

ACF

(N = 52)

PCF

(N = 46)

ACF

(N = 52)

PCF

(N = 46)

ACF

(N = 52)

PCF

(N = 46)

ACF

(N = 52)

PCF

(N = 46)

Catastrophic costsa

8 (15)

13 (30)

0.43

(0.16–1.17)

8 (22)

17 (46)

0.32

(0.12–0.90)*

11 (22)

12 (27)

0.76

(0.30–1.93)

10 (20)

10 (22)

0.86

(0.32–2.29)

Unemployed

5 (10)

8 (17)

0.51

(0.15–1.67)

15 (29)

21 (46)

0.48

(0.21–1.11)

10 (19)

10 (22)

0.86

(0.32–2.29)

7 (13)

9 (20)

0.64

(0.22–1.88)

Poverty headcountb

11 (21)

8 (17)

1.27

(0.46–3.51)

22 (42)

19 (41)

1.04

(0.47–2.33)

12 (23)

10 (22)

1.08

(0.42–2.80)

11 (21)

9 (20)

1.10

(0.41–2.96)

Social

exclusion

NA

NA

NA

21 (66)

11 (34)

2.16

(0.90–5.17)

19 (41)

27 (59)

0.41

(0.18–0.91)*

19 (45)

23 (55)

0.58

(0.26–1.29)

Loss of employment

NA

NA

NA

15 (29)

18 (39)

0.63

(0.27–1.47)

12 (23)

16 (35)

0.56

(0.23–1.36)

8 (15)

11 (24)

0.58

(0.21–1.59)

Financial impactc

NA

NA

NA

29 (56)

18 (39)

1.96

(0.87–4.39)

27 (52)

20 (43)

1.40

(0.63–3.11)

19 (37)

19 (41)

0.82

(0.36–1.84)

Coping strategies

NA

NA

NA

14 (27)

7 (15)

2.05

(0.75–5.64)

20 (38)

5 (11)

5.12

(1.73–15.14)*

15 (29)

11 (24)

1.29

(0.51–3.18)

  1. aCatastrophic costs calculated according to the income reported in each period of analysis;
  2. bPoverty line established by the World Bank = $1.90, International Dollar ($) applying purchase power parity (PPP), 2017 prices, conversion factor = $7,716.43;
  3. cPatients indicating that they were poorer or much poorer as a result of their episode of TB;
  4. dUnivariate odds ratio accounting for autocorrelation using generalized estimation equation methods with working correlation structure obtained using quasi-likelihood information criteria