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

• Príomhchruthaitheoirí: Thirunavukkarasu Prasanna (Údar), Kathiresan Jeyashree (Údar), Palanivel Chinnakali (Údar), Yogesh Bahurupi (Údar), Kavita Vasudevan (Údar), Mrinalini Das (Údar)
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• Foilsithe / Cruthaithe: Taylor & Francis Group, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...