Cost of seeking care for tuberculosis since the implementation of universal health coverage in Indonesia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although tuberculosis (TB) patients often incur high costs to access TB-related services, it was unclear beforehand whether the implementation of universal health coverage (UHC) in Indonesia in 2014 would reduce direct costs and change the pattern of care-seeking behaviour. After its introduction, we therefore assessed TB patients' care-seeking behaviour and the costs they incurred for diagnosis, and the determinants of both.

Methods

In this cross sectional study, we interviewed adult TB patients in urban, suburban, and rural districts of Indonesia in July-September 2016. We selected consecutively patients who had been treated for TB in primary health centers for at least 1 month until we reached at least 90 patients in each district. After establishing which dire

SUBMITTER: Fuady A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7271484 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature