Diagnostic pathways and direct medical costs incurred by new adult pulmonary tuberculosis patients prior to anti-tuberculosis treatment – Tamil Nadu, India

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) patients face substantial delays prior to treatment initiation, and out of pocket (OOP) expenditures often surpass the economic productivity of the household. We evaluated the pre-diagnostic cost and health seeking behaviour of new adult pulmonary TB patients registered...

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Autores principales: Veesa, Karun Sandeep, John, Kamalabhai Russell, Moonan, Patrick K., Kaliappan, Saravanakumar Puthupalayam, Manjunath, Krishna, Sagili, Karuna D., Ravichandra, Chinnappareddy, Menon, Pradeep Aravindan, Dolla, Chandrakumar, Luke, Nancy, Munshi, Kaivan, George, Kuryan, Minz, Shantidani
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5802859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29414980
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191591

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5802859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29414980
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191591

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