The role of active case finding in reducing patient incurred catastrophic costs for tuberculosis in Nepal

The role of active case finding in reducing patient incurred catastrophic costs for tuberculosis in Nepal

Abstract Background The World Health Organization (WHO) End TB Strategy has established a milestone to reduce the number of tuberculosis (TB)- affected households facing catastrophic costs to zero by 2020. The role of active case finding (ACF) in reducing patient costs has not been determined global...

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Main Authors: Suman Chandra Gurung, Kritika Dixit, Bhola Rai, Maxine Caws, Puskar Raj Paudel, Raghu Dhital, Shraddha Acharya, Gangaram Budhathoki, Deepak Malla, Jens W. Levy, Job van Rest, Knut Lönnroth, Kerri Viney, Andrew Ramsay, Tom Wingfield, Buddha Basnyat, Anil Thapa, Bertie Squire, Duolao Wang, Gokul Mishra, Kashim Shah, Anil Shrestha, Noemia Teixeira de Siqueira-Filha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
Case finding
Cost
Catastrophic cost
Patient-incurred cost
Nepal
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-019-0603-z

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-019-0603-z

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