Cost of TB care and equity in distribution of catastrophic TB care costs across income quintiles in India

Cost of TB care and equity in distribution of catastrophic TB care costs across income quintiles in India

Abstract Background Tuberculosis (TB) poses a significant social and economic burden to households of persons with TB (PwTB). Despite free diagnosis and care under the National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP), individuals often experience significant out-of-pocket expenditure and lost productivity,...

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Main Authors: Kathiresan Jeyashree, Jeromie W. V. Thangaraj, Devika Shanmugasundaram, Sri Lakshmi Priya Giridharan, Sumit Pandey, Prema Shanmugasundaram, Sabarinathan Ramasamy, Venkateshprabhu Janagaraj, Sivavallinathan Arunachalam, Rahul Sharma, Vaibhav Shah, Bhavani Shankara Bagepally, Joshua Chadwick, Hemant Deepak Shewade, Aniket Chowdhury, Swati Iyer, Raghuram Rao, Sanjay K. Mattoo, Manoj V. Murhekar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-12-01
Series:Global Health Research and Policy
Subjects:
Costs of TB care
Catastrophic costs
Direct costs
Indirect costs
India
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41256-024-00392-9
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