… CONCLUSION: The costs of anti-tuberculosis … lower costs than those observed in this
study. For instance, in Zambia in 2006, $7 was given as the median direct cost of anti-tuberculosis …

… The cost incurred was in the form of direct cost and indirect cost. The … the direct cost into
direct medical cost and direct non-medical cost [14-18], in which the direct medical cost was 45% …

… Mean OOP expenditure in pharmaceutical care was I$907.56, which was higher than the
mean direct costs reported in the systematic literature review on the financial burden of TB …

… over a year among smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in six rural districts of
Burkina Faso. Out-of-pocket expenses (direct costs) associated with TB were collected …

… trial conducted in three rural Tuberculosis Units from Dec 2012 … of anti-tuberculosis treatment,
and direct OOP medical costs … Costs incurred by patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in …

… The patient pays directly for costs associated with diagnostic and … direct and indirect costs
borne by newly treated pulmonary TB … Our study suggests that direct costs are slightly lower, …

… We aimed to describe the direct costs incurred by adults attending TB diagnostic centres in
four … Direct costs were quantified using structured questionnaires. Patients with costs >75 th …

… on smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis calculated the average direct cost of patients
which was reported to be less than the indirect costs. This increasing trend of indirect cost is due …

… This study is aimed to estimate the indirect cost of tuberculosis from the US dollar value of
the time spent and productivity lost by patients, families and others due to tuberculosis illness …

… Direct costs included the costs of transportation to health facilities, … and time loss were
compared between patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and patients with extrapulmonary …