Catastrophic costs potentially averted by tuberculosis control in India and South Africa: a modelling study

Catastrophic costs potentially averted by tuberculosis control in India and South Africa: a modelling study

Background: The economic burden on households affected by tuberculosis through costs to patients can be catastrophic. WHO's End TB Strategy recognises and aims to eliminate these potentially devastating economic effects. We assessed whether aggressive expansion of tuberculosis services might re...

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Main Authors: Dr Stéphane Verguet, PhD, Carlos Riumallo-Herl, ScD, Gabriela B Gomez, PhD, Nicolas A Menzies, PhD, Rein M G J Houben, PhD, Tom Sumner, PhD, Marek Lalli, MSc, Richard G White, PhD, Prof Joshua A Salomon, PhD, Ted Cohen, DPH, Nicola Foster, MPH, Susmita Chatterjee, PhD, Sedona Sweeney, MSc, Inés Garcia Baena, MSc, Knut Lönnroth, PhD, Diana E Weil, MSc, Anna Vassall, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-11-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X17303418

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