… and thus the impoverishing effects of TB are gravest for those … medical cost, direct non-medical
costs and indirect costs … under NCMS compared to those covered under non-NCMS …

… -related medical costs and had a partial effect on protecting TB-… covered by NCMS, patients
with TB covered by the NCMS only … catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment from …

… of medical costs to total costs before TB treatment, but the lower the proportion of medical
costs patients … Impoverishment due to TB was more common in the poor quartiles (Table 4). …

… Health Organization” What inspired us to proceed in this study is that a numerous number of
TB-affected households endure catastrophic cost due to TB … catastrophic health expenditure …

… and proportion of patients facing catastrophic costs. This … TB affected countries 13 . Many
studies have used this cost survey to report catastrophic costs, catastrophic health expenditure, …

… This article assesses the effect of CMI on relieving CHE and impoverishment from … The
effect of NCMS on catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment from tuberculosis care in …

… CHE, with a impoverishment rate of 8.6% … Medical Scheme (NCMS) reduces the medical
burden of poor rural residents [65], the NCMS is lower than the Urban Employee Basic Medical. …

… of catastrophic costs based on WHO’s TB-speci c catastrophic cost de nition. Intensity of …
effect of NCMS on catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment from tuberculosis …

… 97 million people became impoverished due to out-of-pocket (OOP) health … the NCMS, CII,
and medical assistance insurance. However, the combined effect of the three kinds of medical …

… probability of incurring catastrophic or impoverishing levels of health expenditure. Our study
… from both the NCMS and catastrophic medical insurance, then medical aid will be provided …