[HTML][HTML] A systematic review and meta-analysis of the catastrophic costs incurred by tuberculosis patients

RM Ghazy, HM El Saeh, S Abdulaziz… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
One of the strategies of the World Health Organization End Tuberculosis (TB) was to reduce
the catastrophic costs incurred by TB-affected families to 0% by 2020. Catastrophic cost is …

[HTML][HTML] Governance of tuberculosis control programme in Nigeria

DC Ogbuabor, OE Onwujekwe - Infectious diseases of poverty, 2019 - Springer
Background The role of governance in strengthening tuberculosis (TB) control has received
little research attention. This review provides evidence of how institutional designs and …

Financial burden of HIV and TB among patients in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional survey

LF Assebe, EK Negussie, A Jbaily, MTT Tolla… - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives HIV and tuberculosis (TB) are major global health threats and can result in
household financial hardships. Here, we aim to estimate the household economic burden …

Active case finding among marginalised and vulnerable populations reduces catastrophic costs due to tuberculosis diagnosis

HD Shewade, V Gupta, S Satyanarayana… - Global health …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background: There is limited evidence on whether active case finding (ACF) among
marginalised and vulnerable populations mitigates the financial burden during tuberculosis …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of the catastrophic medical insurance on household catastrophic health expenditure: evidence from China

S Zhao, X Zhang, W Dai, Y Ding, J Chen… - Gaceta …, 2021 - SciELO Public Health
Objective China launched an innovative program of catastrophic medical insurance (CMI) to
protect households from catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and impoverishment. This …

[HTML][HTML] Catastrophic health expenditure and its determinants among households with breast cancer patients in China: a multicentre, cross-sectional survey

C Sun, J Shi, W Fu, X Zhang, G Liu, W Chen… - Frontiers in Public …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Although numerous studies have examined catastrophic health expenditures
(CHE) worldwide, most focus on the general population, not on specific vulnerable groups …

Making health insurance pro-poor: lessons from 20 developing countries

J Watson, AS Yazbeck, L Hartel - Health Systems & Reform, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The last 20 years have seen a substantial growth in research on the extent to which health
sector reforms are pro-poor or pro-rich. What has been missing is knowledge synthesis work …

Out-of-pocket payments and economic consequences from tuberculosis care in eastern China: income inequality

Y Liu, CH Xu, XM Wang, ZY Wang… - Infectious Diseases of …, 2020 - mednexus.org
Background: Despite the availability of free tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and treatment, TB
care still generates substantial costs that push people into poverty. We investigated out-of …

Does the critical illness insurance reduce patients' financial burden and benefit the poor more: A comprehensive evaluation in rural area of China

J Jiang, S Chen, Y Xin, X Wang, L Zeng… - Journal of medical …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Critical illness insurance (CII) is one kind of health insurance that is gradually
gaining attention worldwide. China implemented CII in 2012 to decrease patients' out-of …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of medical insurance on catastrophic health expenditure: evidence from China

J Sun, S Lyu - Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background The Chinese government has established a nationwide multiple-level
medical insurance system. However, catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) causes great …