TY - JOUR
T1 - Pretreatment Out-of-Pocket Expenses for Presumptive Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients, India, 2016-2017
AU - Rathi, Priya
AU - Shringarpure, Kalpita
AU - Unnikrishnan, Bhaskaran
AU - Chadha, Vineet Kumar
AU - Acharya, Vishak
AU - Nair, Abirami
AU - Sagili, Karuna D.
AU - Shastri, Suresh
PY - 2020/5/1
Y1 - 2020/5/1
N2 - In India, under the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme, the government provides free treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; however, many patients seek care elsewhere, which is costly. To determine those out-of-pocket expenses, we interviewed 40 presumptive patients and found that they spent more than their median annual income before registering for the government program.
AB - In India, under the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme, the government provides free treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; however, many patients seek care elsewhere, which is costly. To determine those out-of-pocket expenses, we interviewed 40 presumptive patients and found that they spent more than their median annual income before registering for the government program.
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U2 - 10.3201/eid2605.181992
DO - 10.3201/eid2605.181992
M3 - Article
C2 - 32310069
AN - SCOPUS:85083914578
VL - 26
SP - 989
EP - 992
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
SN - 1080-6040
IS - 5
ER -
