Patients are paying too much for tuberculosis: a direct cost-burden evaluation in Burkina Faso.

BACKGROUND: Paying for health care may exclude poor people. Burkina Faso adopted the DOTS strategy implementing "free care" for Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and treatment. This should increase universal health coverage and help to overcome social and economic barriers to health access. METH...

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Main Authors: Samia Laokri, Maxime Koiné Drabo, Olivier Weil, Benoît Kafando, Sary Mathurin Dembélé, Bruno Dujardin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3581516?pdf=render