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Table 7 Cumulative OOP payments to providers (formal and informal) from first symptoms to diagnosis, by level of education (quartiles of distribution of cumulative payments; Tanzanian shillings; USD in brackets for median payments)

From: Patients’ pathways to cancer care in Tanzania: documenting and addressing social inequalities in reaching a cancer diagnosis

Level of education

N

p25

Median

(p50)

p75

Below primary

10

170,000

547,500 (238)

790,000

Primary/ secondary

19

10,000

220,000 (96)

540,000

Diploma / degree

8

0

0 (0)

73,750

All respondents

a37

2500

170,000 (74)

700,000

  1. anumber of patients able to recall 70% or more of payments per recorded event