Pretreatment out-of-pocket expenses for presumptive multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients, India, 2016-2017
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Abstract
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.
First Page
989
Last Page
992
DOI
10.3201/eid2605.181992
Publication Date
5-1-2020
Recommended Citation
Rathi, Priya; Shringarpure, Kalpita; Unnikrishnan, Bhaskaran; and Chadha, Vineet Kumar, "Pretreatment out-of-pocket expenses for presumptive multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients, India, 2016-2017" (2020). Open Access archive. 1526.
https://impressions.manipal.edu/open-access-archive/1526
