Table 6 Cumulative OOP payments to providers (formal and informal) from first symptoms to diagnosis, by the number of times a patient moved between providers (quartiles of distribution of cumulative payments; Tanzanian shillings; USD in brackets for median payments)
Number of moves between providers | N | p25 | Median (p50) (USD) | p75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
No move or 1 move | 9 | 0 | 0 (0) | 200,000 |
2 moves | 10 | 0 | 34,500 (15) | 145,000 |
3 or 4 moves | 12 | 155,000 | 557,000 (242) | 786,250 |
5–10 moves | 6 | 298,000 | 436,500 (190) | 1,508,000 |
All respondents | a37 | 2500 | 170,000 (74) | 700,000 |