Analysis of the economic burden of diagnosis and treatment on patients with tuberculosis in Bao'an district of Shenzhen City, China.

<h4>Background</h4>Illness-related costs experienced by tuberculosis patients produce a severe economic impact on households, especially poor families. Few studies have investigated the full costs, including direct and indirect costs, at the patient and household levels in south-east Chi...

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Main Authors: Yixiang Huang, Jianying Huang, Xiaoting Su, Liang Chen, Jianwei Guo, Weiqing Chen, Lingling Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237865