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

ABSTRACT:

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 reduce catastrophic costs.

Methods

We estimated the reduction in tuberculosis-related catastrophic costs with an aggressive expansion of tuberculosis services in India and South Africa from 2016 to 2035, in line with the End TB Strategy. Using modelled incidence and mortality for tuberculosis and patient-incurred cost estimates, we investigated three intervention scenarios: improved treatment of drug-sensitive tuberculosis; improved treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; and expan

SUBMITTER: Verguet S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5640802 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature