Determinants of household catastrophic costs for drug sensitive tuberculosis patients in Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite free diagnosis and treatment for tuberculosis (TB), the costs during treatment impose a significant financial burden on patients and their households. The study sought to identify the determinants for catastrophic costs among patients with drug-sensitive TB (DSTB) and their households in Kenya.

Methods

The data was collected during the 2017 Kenya national patient cost survey from a nationally representative sample (n = 1071). Treatment related costs and productivity losses were estimated. Total costs exceeding 20% of household income were defined as catastrophic and used as the outcome. Multivariable Poisson regression analysis was performed to measure the association between selected individual, household and disease characteristics and occurrence of cata

SUBMITTER: Kirubi B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8256229 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature