Costs incurred by patients with tuberculosis co-infected with human immunodeficiency virus in Bhavnagar, western India: a sequential explanatory mixed-methods research

Costs incurred by patients with tuberculosis co-infected with human immunodeficiency virus in Bhavnagar, western India: a sequential explanatory mixed-methods research

Abstract Background India reports the highest number of tuberculosis (TB) and second-highest number of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) globally. We hypothesize that HIV might increase the existing financial burden of care among patients with TB. We conducted this study to estimate the costs i...

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Main Authors: Mihir P. Rupani, Sheetal Vyas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-10-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Social protection
Negative financial coping
Collaborative framework
Bidirectional activities
National tuberculosis elimination program
Universal cash transfers
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08647-2

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08647-2

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