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Table 4 Adverse drug events (ADEs) and opportunistic infections (OIs) associated expenditures among rural Chinese patients, stratified by CD4 cell count (N = 276)

From: Expenditures for the care of HIV-infected patients in rural areas in China's antiretroviral therapy programs

Disease

CD4 cell count (cells/μL)

Prevalence (%)

Expenditures (US dollars)

   

Medications

Tests for diagnosis

Other medical services

Total

ADEs

<100

64.9 (37/57)

$92

$14

$37

$142

 

100-199

71.9 (73/103)

$79

$11

$48

$138

 

≥200

61.2 (71/116)

$42

$6

$16

$64

 

P value

0.32 a

0.04 b

0.04 b

0.01 b

0.04 b

OIs

<100

66.7 (38/57)

$138

$37

$99

$274

 

100-199

57.3 (59/103)

$30

$6

$14

$51

 

≥200

19.0 (22/116)

$12

$1

$5

$19

 

P value

<0.001 a

<0.01 b

<0.01 b

<0.01 b

<0.01 b

  1. aCochran-Mantel-Haenszel χ2 test.
  2. bKruskal-Wallis test.