Cost of seeking care for tuberculosis since the implementation of universal health coverage in Indonesia

• Main Authors: Ahmad Fuady (Author), Tanja A. J. Houweling (Author), Muchtaruddin Mansyur (Author), Erlina Burhan (Author), Jan Hendrik Richardus (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Although tuberculosis (TB) patients often incur high costs to access TB-related services, it was unclear beforehand whether the implementation of universal health coverage (UHC) in Indonesia in 2014 would reduce direct costs and change the pattern of care-seeking behaviour. After...