Determinants of household catastrophic costs for drug sensitive tuberculosis patients in Kenya

• Main Authors: Beatrice Kirubi (Author), Jane Ong'ang'o (Author), Peter Nguhiu (Author), Knut Lönnroth (Author), Aiban Rono (Author), Kristi Sidney-Annerstedt (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Despite free diagnosis and treatment for tuberculosis (TB), the costs during treatment impose a significant financial burden on patients and their households. The study sought to identify the determinants for catastrophic costs among patients with drug-sensitive TB (DSTB) and the...