Table 1– Type of costs
StudyMean/ median/bothPhase coverage#Components ofBreakdown ofDisaggregation byCosts as percentage of annual incomeCoping mechanism
Direct costsDirect med. costsDirect non-med. costsHosp. costLost incomeDirect med. costsDirect non-med. costsLost incomeBefore/ during treatmentHosp./amb.MDR/ non-MDRSESSexIndivid.House.LQ
Muniyandi (India, 2000) [30]BothBothD&I
Rajeswari (India, 1995+) [31]BothBoth
Mauch (Ghana, 2009+) [5]BothBothAll
Mauch (Vietnam, 2009+) [5]BothBothD&I
Mauch (Dominican Republic, 2009+) [5]BothBothD&I
Karki (Nepal, 2002) [32]BothBoth
Xu (China, 2002) [33]BothBothD§§§
Kemp (Malawi, 2001) [34]BothBefore
Needham (Zambia, 1995) [35]BothBefore
Mesfin (Ethiopia, 2005) [36]BothBefore
Jacquet (Haiti, 2003) [37]MeanBothD&I
Lönnroth (Myanmar, 2004) [38]MeanBothAll
Gibson (Sierra Leone, 1994) [39]MeanBothD
Kamolratanakul (Thailand, 1996/97) [40]MeanBoth§§D
Wyss (Tanzania, 1996) [41]MeanBoth
Saunderson (Uganda, 1992) [42]MeanBoth
Sinanovic (South Africa, 1998) [43]MeanBoth
Jackson (China, 2002–2005) [44]MeanBoth
Pantoja (India, 2005) [45]MeanBothAll
Ananthakrishnan (India, 2007) [46]MeanBothAll
Othman (Yemen, 2008/09) [47]MeanBoth
Pichenda (Cambodia, 2008) [48]MeanBothAll
A (Tajikistan, 2006/07) [49]MeanBothD&I
Steffen (Brazil, 2007/08) [50]MeanBothAll
Rouzier (Ecuador, 2007) [51]MeanBoth§§
John (India, 2007) [52]MeanBothAll
Muniyandi (India, 2000) [53]MeanBoth
Elamin (Malaysia, 2002) [54]MeanBoth
Mahendradhata (Indonesia, 2004/05) [55]MeanBoth
Sinanovic (South Africa, 2002) [56]MeanBoth
Vassall (Ethiopia, 2005) [57]MeanBothAll
Costa (Brazil, 2000) [58]MeanBoth
El Sony (Sudan, 1998/99) [59]MeanBoth
Khan (Pakistan, 1997/98) [60]MeanBoth
Umar (Nigeria, 2008) [61]MeanBoth§
Vassall (Syria, 1999) [62]MeanBoth
Vassall (Egypt, 1999) [62]MeanBoth
Meng (China, 2000) [63]MeanBoth§
Zhan (China, 2000/01) [64]MeanBothƒDƒ§§
Ray (India, 2003) [65]MeanBefore
Datiko (Ethiopia, 2007) [66]MeanBefore
Croft (Bangladesh, 1996) [67]MeanBefore##
Okello (Uganda, 1998) [68]MeanDuring
Wandwalo (Tanzania, 2002) [69]MeanDuring
Prado (Brazil, 2005/06) [70]MeanDuring
Mirzoev (Nepal, 2001/02) [71]MeanDuring
Jacobs (Russia, 1997) [72]MeanDuring
Total number of surveys47 (44 studies)443129942181614176311925133610
Mauch (Kenya, 2008) [73]MedianBoth
Laokri (Burkina Faso, 2007/08) [74]MedianBoth
Umar (Nigeria, 2008) [75]MedianBoth
Aspler (Zambia, 2006) [76]MedianBothD
Liu (China, 2004) [77]MedianBothD
Total number of surveys5 (5 studies)53302220230120001
  • The years in which the majority of data collection took place are provided for each study. Hosp.: hospitalisation; amb.: ambulatory; SES: socioeconomic status; individ.: individual annual income; house.: household annual income; LQ: lowest quintile. #: before treatment, during treatment, or before and during treatment (both). : only direct costs (D); direct and indirect costs without medical and non-medical subcomponents (D&I); or all costs including medical and non-medical subcomponents (all). +: estimated year of data collection using the average gap of 4 years calculated from other articles. §: data are only for part of the costs and were excluded from the calculation of the average and figure 3. ƒ: costs of diagnosis are included in post-diagnosis. ##: data is before reaching facilities of national tuberculosis programme.