Cash transfer scheme for people with tuberculosis treated by the National TB Programme in Western India: a mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT: Objectives:This study aimed to assess the coverage and explore enablers and challenges in implementation of direct benefit transfer (DBT) cash incentive scheme for patients with tuberculosis (TB).

Design:This is a mixed methods study comprising a quantitative cohort and descriptive qualitative study.

Setting:The study was conducted in City TB Centre, Vadodara, Western India.

Participants:We used routinely collected data under the National TB Programme (NTP) on patients with TB notified between April and September 2018 and initiated on first-line anti-tuberculosis treatment (ATT) to assess the coverage of DBT. We interviewed NTP staff and patients to understand their perceptions.

Primary and secondary outcome measures:The study

SUBMITTER: Patel BH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6936995 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature