Catastrophic "costs": A hindrance to eliminate tuberculosis.
Indian J Tuberc
; 70(2): 147-148, 2023 Apr.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2315953
ABSTRACT
Globally, one quarter of the population is infected with TB; and only a small proportion of those infected will become sick. Tuberculosis along with poverty disproportionately affects the households causing a financial burden and catastrophic costs (if the total costs incurred by a household's exceeds 20% of its annual income), which could be direct or indirect and procuring detrimental effects on the effective strategic plans. Out of all diseases, India accounts for 18% of the catastrophic health expenditure including tuberculosis. Therefore, an utmost need for a national cost survey either separately or combined with other health surveys should be held for the comprehension of the baseline burden of Tuberculosis in the affected households, to identify the predictors of catastrophic costs, and simultaneously, intensive research and appropriate innovations are needed to assess the effectiveness of the measures undertaken for the reduction of the proportionate patients who overlook catastrophic costs.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Tuberculosis
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Health Care Costs
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Tuberc
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.ijtb.2023.01.003
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