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Catastrophic costs of tuberculosis care: a mixed methods study from Puducherry, India

Background: The average expenditure incurred by patients in low- and middle-income countries towards diagnosis and treatment of TB ranges from $55 to $8198. This out-of-pocket expenditure leads to impoverishment of households. One of the three main targets of the End TB Strategy (2016–2035) is that...

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Autores principales: Prasanna, Thirunavukkarasu, Jeyashree, Kathiresan, Chinnakali, Palanivel, Bahurupi, Yogesh, Vasudevan, Kavita, Das, Mrinalini
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6008578/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29902134
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2018.1477493