… and consequence of tuberculosis. The objective of this study is to quantify patient/household
costs for an episode of tuberculosis (TB), its relationships with household impoverishment, …

… We also demonstrate that household costs for TB care in the pre-diagnostic period in Africa
accounted for almost one fifth of their annual income.More importantly, direct and indirect …

… ,2 or on the evaluation of cost-effectiveness ratios.These ratios … care policies for developing
countries identified the treatment of active tuberculosis as the intervention with the lowest cost…

… Cost of tuberculosis for households and health care providers … The cost of tuberculosis to
patients in Sierra Leone’s war … and primary care facility involvement in tuberculosis care in …

… As costs of tuberculosis at household level may place a … costs of pulmonary tuberculosis
to households, and compared these expenditures to provider costs of the national tuberculosis …

… The aim of this study was to compare costs and socio-economic impact of tuberculosis (TB) …
Costs were collected using the WHO TB Patient Costs Survey at three time points: intensive …

… and median costs, reduction of productivity, and household … Mean and median total cost of
TB illness to patient were … The total cost had significant association with patient’s household …

… We found that the cost of TB care is catastrophic for almost half of the TB-affected households
in … are imperative to minimize household costs due to TB disease and improve access to …

… when utilizing TB treatment and care, both within and outside of Directly … households, TB
treatment and care-related costs were considered to be catastrophic because the patient costs …

… Kemp JR, Mann G, Simwaka BN, Salaniponi FM, Squire SB: Can Malawi's poor afford free
tuberculosis services? Patient and household costs associated with a tuberculosis diagnosis …