What can dissaving tell us about catastrophic costs? Linear and logistic regression analysis of the relationship between patient costs and financial coping strategies adopted by tuberculosis patients in Bangladesh, Tanzania and Bangalore, India

Table 1 Information on dissaving and patient characteristics for Bangladesh tuberculosis patients, stratified by cost band

Cost band	Definition	No.	Mean patient cost (BDT)	% Rural	Mean age	% Male	Mean SES score	No. reporting high income	No. hospitalised	No. dissaving
Cost band	Definition	No.	Mean patient cost (BDT)	% Rural	Mean age	% Male	Mean SES score	No. reporting high income	No. hospitalised	Loan	Sale	Both	All
Low	<100 % of median	48	4400	71 %	42	58 %	−0.097	9 (19 %)	1 (2 %)	18 (38 %)	2 (4 %)	4 (8 %)	24 (50 %)
Medium	100–200 % of median	33	12,100	74 %	42	76 %	−0.085	6 (18 %)	3 (9 %)	13 (39 %)	1 (3 %)	5 (15 %)	19 (58 %)
High	200–300 % of median	12	18,700	67 %	34	64 %	0.258	7 (58 %)	1 (7 %)	7 (58 %)	0 (0 %)	0 (0 %)	7 (58 %)
Extreme	>300 % of median	3	99,400	33 %	41	67 %	1.233	1 (33 %)	2 (67 %)	3 (100 %)	0 (0 %)	0 (0 %)	3 (100 %)
All	Any cost level	96	11,700	70 %	41	66 %	0.019	23 (24 %)	7 (7 %)	41 (43 %)	3 (3 %)	9 (9 %)	53 (55 %)

BDT Bangladesh Taka. Median Patient cost 8,200BDT. High Income defined as >1935BDT / week

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