Families affected by catastrophic costs due to tuberculosis

Malaisamy, Muniyandi (2023) Families affected by catastrophic costs due to tuberculosis. Families affected by catastrophic costs due to tuberculosis, 10 (11). e1492-e1493.

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Abstract

The high household costs associated with tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and treatment can create barrier to access and adherence. To achieve World Health Organisation’s ‘End TB Strategy ’target that no TB affected households should face catastrophic cost. To estimate the occurrence of catastrophic cost associated with TB diagnosis and treatment in a low and middle income countries (LMICs), the meta analysis showed that still overall 55% of TB affected households were experiencing catastrophic costs due to TB diagnosis and treatment. Among them 75% are from the poor economic segment of the patients and 45% from the rich segment of the patients. Over the recent years World Health Organisation as promoted the concept of Universal Health Coverage emphasising the need for access to services at an affordable costs to protect households from catastrophic health expenditures. Policy makers have designed many interventions to provide financial protection to TB patients. However still, there is a financial burden for TB patients in LMICs reported that cost a percentage of income was particularly high among poor people

Affiliation:	ICMR-National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis
Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Tuberculosis, catastrophic cost, low income countries, LMICS, END TB
Subjects:	Tuberculosis > Economical Research
Divisions:	Health Economics
Depositing User:	Mrs. N Lakshmi
Date Deposited:	19 Jan 2024 05:58
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2024 05:58
URI:	http://eprints.nirt.res.in/id/eprint/1988

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