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 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 …

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 …

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

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

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 …

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. TB diagnostic and treatment services in India are provided free of cost in the
programmatic context across the country. There are different costs incurred during health …

SETTING: The National Tuberculosis Programs of Ghana, Viet Nam and the Dominican
Republic. OBJECTIVE: To assess the direct and indirect costs of tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis …

Costs related to tuberculosis (TB) can impose a significant burden on patients and their
families and create barriers to diagnosis and treatment. Our study aimed to quantify out-of …