Table 5 Predictors of post-diagnosis cost among TB cases on treatment in districts of southwestern Ethiopia January to December 2015
Variable | Mean(SD) | Unadjusted expacoefficient (95% CI) | P value | Adjusted expbcoefficient (95% CI) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 119.73(0.1) | Ref. | Ref. | ||
Female | 112.51(0.1) | 0.94(0.83, 1.06) | 0.3 | 0.92(0.83, 1.02) | 0.07 | |
Residence | Urban | 94.02(0.11) | ||||
Rural | 154.7(0.08) | 1.64(1.48, 1.83) | < 0.001 | 1.48(1.34, 1.64) | < 0.001* | |
Educational status | Illiterate | 137.15(0.09) | Ref | Ref | ||
Primary | 117.35(0.09) | 0.86(0.74, 0.98) | 0.03 | 0.87(0.77, 0.97) | 0.02* | |
Secondary and above | 97.79(0.08) | 0.71(0.60, 0.84) | < 0.001 | 0.83(0.72, 0.95) | 0.01* | |
HIV result | Positive | 123.52(0.1) | 1.06(0.88, 1.28) | 0.5 | 1.13(0.97, 1.30) | 0.1 |
Negative | 116.20(0.1) | Ref. | Ref. | |||
Mode of diagnosis | Bacteriological | 118.25(0.1) | Ref. | Ref. | ||
Clinical | 115.82(0.1) | 0.98(0.87, 1.10) | 0.7 | 0.96(0.87, 1.05) | 0.3 | |
Treatment center | Hospital | 103.05(0.1) | 0.78(0.70, 0.88) | < 0.001 | 0.82(0.74, 0.90) | < 0.001* |
Health center | 131.43(0.1) | |||||
Travel time to treatment center | > 1 h | 105.7(0.08) | 1.37(1.22, 1.55) | < 0.001 | 1.09(1.02, 1.21) | 0.03* |
≤ 1 h | 145.14(0.09) | Ref. | Ref. | |||
Patient delayc | 1.003(1.002, 1.004) | < 0.001 | 1.003(1.001, 1.003) | < 0.001* | ||
Provider delayc | 1.002(1.001, 1.003) | < 0.001 | 1.002(1.001, 1.002) | < 0.001* | ||
Action before HCF visit | None | 111.85(0.11) | Ref. | Ref. | ||
Took actiond | 137.34(0.1) | 1.23(1.07, 1.41) | 0.003 | 1.08(0.98, 1.28) | 0.1 | |
TB diagnosed HCF | Public | 116.37(0.1) | Ref. | |||
Private | 121.27(0.1) | 1.04(0.87, 1.24) | 0.5 | 0.95(0.83, 1.09) | 0.5 | |
Hospitalized for treatment | Yes | 240.82(0.1) | 2.13(1.61, 2.80) | < 0.001 | 2.3(1.84, 2.88) | |
< 0.001* | ||||||
No | 113.3(0.1) | Ref. | Ref. | |||