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The High Cost of Free Tuberculosis Services: Patient and Household Costs Associated with Tuberculosis Care in Ebonyi State, Nigeria

OBJECTIVE: Poverty is both a cause and consequence of tuberculosis. The objective of this study is to quantify patient/household costs for an episode of tuberculosis (TB), its relationships with household impoverishment, and the strategies used to cope with the costs by TB patients in a resource-lim...

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Autores principales: Ukwaja, Kingsley N., Alobu, Isaac, lgwenyi, Chika, Hopewell, Philip C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3754914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24015293
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073134