Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7332930 | Social Science & Medicine | 2015 | 33 Pages |
Abstract
Despite free TB diagnosis and care in South Africa, patients incur substantial direct and indirect costs particularly prior to starting treatment. The poorest group of patients were incurring higher costs, with fewer resources to pay for it. Both the direct and indirect cost of illness should be taken into account when setting levels of financial protection and social support, to prevent TB illness from pushing the poor further into poverty.
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Authors
Nicola Foster, Anna Vassall, Susan Cleary, Lucy Cunnama, Gavin Churchyard, Edina Sinanovic,