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Economic evaluation of patient costs associated with tuberculosis diagnosis and care in Solomon Islands by Kerri Viney; Noel Itogo; Takuya Yamanaka; Ridha Jebeniani; Anupama Hazarika; Fukushi Morishita; Nobuyuki Nishikiori; Susana Vaz Nery is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Abstract ## Background Tuberculosis (TB) care can be costly for patients and their families. The End TB Strategy includes a target that zero TB affected households should experience catastrophic costs associated with TB care. Costs are catastrophic when a patient spends 20% or more of their annual household income on their TB diagnosis and care. In Solomon Islands the costs of TB care are unknown. The aim of this study was to determine the costs of TB diagnosis and care, the types of costs and the proportion of patients with catastrophic costs. ## Methods This was a nationally representative cross-sectional survey of TB patients carried out between 2017 and 2019. Patients were recruited from health care facilities, from all ten provinces in Solomon Islands. During an interview they were asked about the costs of TB diagnosis and care. These data were analysed using descriptive statistics to describe the costs overall and the proportions of different types of costs. The proportion of patients with catastrophic costs was calculated and a multivariate logistic regression was undertaken to determine factors associated with catastrophic costs. ## Results One hundred and eighty-three T
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- Author
- Kerri Viney; Noel Itogo; Takuya Yamanaka; Ridha Jebeniani; Anupama Hazarika; Fukushi Morishita; Nobuyuki Nishikiori; Susana Vaz Nery
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)