The impact of increased reimbursement rates under the new cooperative medical scheme on the financial burden of tuberculosis patients

• Main Authors: Yan-Jiao Xin (Author), Li Xiang (Author), Jun-Nan Jiang (Author), Henry Lucas (Author), Sheng-Lan Tang (Author), Fei Huang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Tuberculosis (TB) is still a major public health problem in China. To scale up TB control, an innovative programme entitled the 'China-Gates Foundation Collaboration on TB Control in China was initiated in 2009. During the second phase of the project, a policy of increased r...