Objective To determine the time spent and income lost by patients and their households for
seeking tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment in Bauchi State-Nigeria. Method A cross …

BACKGROUND: To access tuberculosis (TB) services, patients have to bear the costs of out-
of-pocket expenditures or direct costs for transport, drugs and other services that are not …

Objective Poverty is both a cause and consequence of tuberculosis. The objective of this
study is to quantify patient/household costs for an episode of tuberculosis (TB), its …

SETTING: Vellore District, Tamil Nadu, India. OBJECTIVE: To measure patient costs
associated with diagnosis and the complete treatment of tuberculosis (TB). DESIGN …

OBJECTIVES: To summarise the state of knowledge on the economic impact and
consequences of tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and treatment for patients/households in …

Objective To synthesise the evidence for estimating the direct and indirect patient costs of
drug‐sensitive and drug‐resistant tuberculosis care in India. Method PubMed, Embase, Web …

Illness often poses a significant financial burden on individuals and their households, and
tuberculosis (TB) is no exception. Although TB treatment is free in Nigeria, patients are likely …

Tuberculosis (TB) affects mostly economically active population in underdeveloped and
developing countries, therefore TB can have far reaching economic and social …

SETTING: Urban primary health centres in Lusaka, Zambia. OBJECTIVES: 1) To estimate
patient costs for tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and treatment and 2) to identify determinants of …

Background Despite free tuberculosis (TB) care in Pakistan, patients still have to bear high
costs, which push them into poverty. This study estimated the pre-and post-diagnosis costs …