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Table 4 The main indicators of financial impact of TB illness experienced by the (MDR) TB patients in the three countries

From: The socioeconomic impact of multidrug resistant tuberculosis on patients: results from Ethiopia, Indonesia and Kazakhstan

 

Ethiopia

Indonesia

Kazakhstan

TB

MDR-TB

TB

MDR-TB

TB

MDR-TB

Patients who were primary income earner before TB illness

N.A.b

N.A.b

44 %

24 %

61 %

53 %

Patients who lost their job

76 %

72 %

26 %

53 %

31 %

41 %

% of patients reporting income loss due to TB

92 %

79 %

38 %

70 %

67 %

56 %

% reduction in median income (for those reporting an income change)

100 %

100 %

25 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

Patients hospitalized for TB

36 %

82 %

33 %

62 %

98 %

100 %

median duration of hospitalization (days)a

40

80

7.5

10

90

195

Patients who received assistance from government or other organizations

24 %

73 %

22 %

34 %

17 %

27 %

median value of assistance in last 3 months (USD)c

76

33

0

41

88

31

Coping costs

      

patients who sold property

24 %

38 %

3 %

21 %

0 %

1 %

patients who took out loans

56 %

41 %

9 %

27 %

0 %

4 %

patients who received donations from family/friends

N.A.

N.A.

32 %

43 %

57 %

66 %

Patients with health insurance

0 %

1 %

22 %

25 %

0 %

1 %

Of those, patients who received reimbursements

0 %

0 %

N.A.d

N.A.d

0 %

0 %

  1. aFor those patients in hospitalized at time of interview, assuming hospitalization for patients during standard duration of intensive phase
  2. bNot available as this question was taken out of the locally used questionnaire
  3. cFor Ethiopia and Kazakhstan, this includes the value of vouchers; for Indonesia it only includes cash assistance
  4. dIn principle, insured patients receive specified services for free. However, not all services provided are necessarily included