Economic evaluation of patient costs associated with tuberculosis diagnosis and care in Solomon Islands

• Main Authors: Kerri Viney (Author), Noel Itogo (Author), Takuya Yamanaka (Author), Ridha Jebeniani (Author), Anupama Hazarika (Author), Fukushi Morishita (Author), Nobuyuki Nishikiori (Author), Susana Vaz Nery (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Tuberculosis (TB) care can be costly for patients and their families. The End TB Strategy includes a target that zero TB affected households should experience catastrophic costs associated with TB care. Costs are catastrophic when a patient spends 20% or more of their annual hous...