Extent and determinants of catastrophic health expenditure for tuberculosis care in Chongqing municipality, China: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the extent and associations of patient/diagnostic delay and other potential factors with catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) for tuberculosis (TB) care in Chongqing municipality, China.

Design

A cross-sectional study.

Setting

Four counties of Chongqing municipality, China.

Participants

A total of 1199 patients with active pulmonary TB beyond 16 years and without mental disorders were consecutively recruited in the four counties' designated TB medical institutions.

Outcome measures

The incidence and intensity of CHE for TB care were described. The association between patients' 'sociodemographic and clinical characteristics such as patient delay, diagnostic delay, forms of TB, health insurance status and hospitalisation and CHE w

SUBMITTER: Duan W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6500361 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature