TY - JOUR
T1 - Pretreatment Out-of-Pocket Expenses for Presumptive Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients, India, 2016-2017
AU - Rathi, Priya
AU - Shringarpure, Kalpita
AU - Unnikrishnan, Bhaskaran
AU - Chadha, Vineet Kumar
AU - Acharya, Vishak
AU - Nair, Abirami
AU - Sagili, Karuna D.
AU - Shastri, Suresh
N1 - Funding Information:
We acknowledge John E. Oeltmann and Patrick K. Moonan for their valuable input and contributions to the study. The study was conducted as a part of the TB Operations Research Training Project aimed at building operational research capacity within the India government National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme. This training project was conceived and implemented jointly by Central TB Division (Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India), the National TB Institute (Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, Bangalore, India), the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (The Union, South-East Asia Regional Office, New Delhi, India), and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta, Georgia, USA).
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/5/1
Y1 - 2020/5/1
N2 - In India, under the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme, the government provides free treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; however, many patients seek care elsewhere, which is costly. To determine those out-of-pocket expenses, we interviewed 40 presumptive patients and found that they spent more than their median annual income before registering for the government program.
AB - In India, under the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme, the government provides free treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; however, many patients seek care elsewhere, which is costly. To determine those out-of-pocket expenses, we interviewed 40 presumptive patients and found that they spent more than their median annual income before registering for the government program.
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U2 - 10.3201/eid2605.181992
DO - 10.3201/eid2605.181992
M3 - Article
C2 - 32310069
AN - SCOPUS:85083914578
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 26
SP - 989
EP - 992
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 5
ER -
