Economic evaluation of patient costs associated with tuberculosis diagnosis and care in Solomon Islands.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tuberculosis (TB) care can be costly for patients and their families. The End TB Strategy includes a target that zero TB affected households should experience catastrophic costs associated with TB care. Costs are catastrophic when a patient spends 20% or more of their annual household income on their TB diagnosis and care. In Solomon Islands the costs of TB care are unknown. The aim of this study was to determine the costs of TB diagnosis and care, the types of costs and the proportion of patients with catastrophic costs.

Methods

This was a nationally representative cross-sectional survey of TB patients carried out between 2017 and 2019. Patients were recruited from health care facilities, from all ten provinces in Solomon Islands. During an interview they were as

SUBMITTER: Viney K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8542301 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature