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What can dissaving tell us about catastrophic costs? Linear and logistic regression analysis of the relationship between patient costs and financial coping strategies adopted by tuberculosis patients in Bangladesh, Tanzania and Bangalore, India

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major global public health problem which affects poorest individuals the worst. A high proportion of patients incur ‘catastrophic costs’ which have been shown to result in severe financial hardship and adverse health outcomes. Data on catastrophic cost incidence is...

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Autores principales: Madan, Jason, Lönnroth, Knut, Laokri, Samia, Squire, Stephen Bertel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4618866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26493155
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-1138-z