Out-of-pocket payments and economic consequences from tuberculosis care in eastern China: income inequality

• Main Authors: Yan Liu (Author), Cai-Hong Xu (Author), Xiao-Mo Wang (Author), Zhen-Yu Wang (Author), Yan-Hong Wang (Author), Hui Zhang (Author), Li Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Despite the availability of free tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and treatment, TB care still generates substantial costs that push people into poverty. We investigated out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for TB care and assessed the resulting economic burden and economic consequences for t...