Inequity in catastrophic costs among tuberculosis-affected households in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are limited nationally representative studies globally in the post-2015 END tuberculosis (TB) era regarding wealth related inequity in the distribution of catastrophic costs due to TB care. Under the Chinese national tuberculosis programme setting, we aimed to assess extent of equity in distribution of total TB care costs (pre-treatment, treatment and overall) and costs as a proportion of annual household income (AHI), and describe and compare equity in distribution of catastrophic costs (pre-treatment, treatment and overall) across population sub-groups.

Methods

Analytical cross-sectional study using data from national TB patient cost survey carried out in 22 counties from six provinces in China in 2017. Drug-susceptible pulmonary TB registered under progra

SUBMITTER: Xu CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6582572 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature