Catastrophic costs of tuberculosis care in a population with internal migrants in China

• Main Authors: Liping Lu (Author), Qi Jiang (Author), Jianjun Hong (Author), Xiaoping Jin (Author), Qian Gao (Author), Heejung Bang (Author), Kathryn DeRiemer (Author), Chongguang Yang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The internal rural-to-urban migration is one of the major challenges for tuberculosis (TB) control in China. Patient costs incurred during TB diagnosis and treatment could cause access and adherence barriers, particularly among migrants. Here, we estimated the prevalence of catas...