… anti tuberculosis therapy (ATT) through DOTS reduced the total cost burden of patient by more
than 8%. In conclusion, overall cost burden of pulmonary tuberculosis … economic impact of …

… A sociological study of awareness of symptoms among persons with pulmonary tuberculosis.
Bull World Health Organ 1963; 29: 665–683. 36 Pirkis JE, Speed BR, Yung AP, Dunt DR, …

… The present study on smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis calculated the average direct
cost of … Economic impact of pulmonary tuberculosis on patients and their families of Dharan …

… Apart from its devastating health consequences, the economic impact of TB is extremely high,
… Natural history of tuberculosis: duration and fatality of untreated pulmonary tuberculosis in …

… As a preliminary step, newly-detected sputum-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients
receiving short-course chemotherapy were enrolled in the study. Monthly visits were made to …

… psychosocial impact of TB disease is accompanied by long-term economic harm. … economic
morbidity in the year after TB-treatment completion, and explore its determinants and impacts…

… Moreover, our finding that tuberculosis has a significant impact in men co-existing with
DM was supported by a study conducted by Nissapatorn et al. (2005) in Malaysia. …

… public health facilities prior to tuberculosis diagnosis was 5 days (… with smear negative
pulmonary tuberculosis and patients … not aimed to determine the economic impact of TB but costs …

… burden, as they do not include the contribution of clinical or extra pulmonary tuberculosis
or possible excess mortality after cure. In addition, current DALY computation does not weigh-…

… DESIGN: In-depth interviews conducted over a 9-week period with adult in-patients and
out-patients registering with new pulmonary tuberculosis; data analysis using Epi Info. …