Costs incurred by patients with drug-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis in semi-urban and rural settings of Western India

Costs incurred by patients with drug-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis in semi-urban and rural settings of Western India

Abstract Background India reports the highest number of tuberculosis (TB) cases worldwide. Poverty has a dual impact as it increases the risk of TB and exposes the poor to economic hardship when they develop TB. Our objective was to estimate the costs incurred by patients with drug-susceptible TB in...

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Main Authors: Mihir P. Rupani, Adithya Cattamanchi, Priya B. Shete, William M. Vollmer, Sanjib Basu, Jigna D. Dave
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Subjects:
Tuberculosis cost tool
Catastrophic cost
Healthcare cost
Treatment outcome
National tuberculosis program
India
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40249-020-00760-w

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