Cost of Tuberculosis Care in Programmatic Settings from Karnataka, India: Is It Catastrophic for the Patients?
Background. TB diagnostic and treatment services in India are provided free of cost in the programmatic context across the country. There are different costs incurred during health care utilization, and this study was conducted to estimate such costs. Methodology. A longitudinal study was conducted...
Main Authors: | M. P. Poornima, M. N. Shruthi, Ashwini Laxmanrao Chingale, V. Veena, Sharath Burugina Nagaraja, Akshaya Kibballi Madhukeshwar |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Hindawi Limited
2020-01-01
|
Series: | Tuberculosis Research and Treatment |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/3845694 |
Similar Items
-
Chest Radiography and Xpert MTB/RIF® Testing in Persons with Presumptive Pulmonary TB: Gaps and Challenges from a District in Karnataka, India
by: Manjula Kanakaraju, et al.
Published: (2020-01-01) -
Birth preparedness and complication readiness among the women beneficiaries of selected rural primary health centers of Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, India.
by: Kibballi Madhukeshwar Akshaya, et al.
Published: (2017-01-01) -
“Who has to do it at the end of the day? Programme officials or hospital authorities?” Airborne infection control at drug resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) centres of Karnataka, India: a mixed-methods study
by: Kibballi Madhukeshwar Akshaya, et al.
Published: (2017-11-01) -
Screening People with Tuberculosis for High Risk of Severe Illness at Notification: Programmatic Experience from Karnataka, India
by: Hemant Deepak Shewade, et al.
Published: (2021-06-01) -
Are primary health centers prepared for noncommunicable disease management? A facility-based mapping of gaps in coastal Karnataka, India
by: Utsav Raj, et al.
Published: (2021-01-01)