TB patients globally often incur "catastrophic costs" of up to $11,329 USD, despite many countries offering free treatment, with predominant drivers of cost being hospitalization and loss of income
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A woman with her children leaving the TB Clinic after receiving care and retrieving medication from the pharmacy at Baylor Tuberculosis Centre of Excellence, Mbabane, Eswatini.
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Credit: Smiley N. Pool (2016)
TB patients globally often incur "catastrophic costs" of up to $11,329 USD, despite many countries offering free treatment, with predominant drivers of cost being hospitalization and loss of income.
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Article URL: https://plos.io/3QXqJ07
Article Title: The catastrophic cost of TB care: Understanding costs incurred by individuals undergoing TB care in low-, middle-, and high-income settings – A systematic review
Author Countries: Canada, Eswatini, Germany, United States
Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.
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