Measuring the economic burden for TB patients in the End TB Strategy and Universal Health Coverage frameworks
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Pedrazzoli, D.; Borghi, J.; Viney, Kerri; Houben, R. M.; Lönnroth, K.
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Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease of poverty. Ensuring access to health care without the risk of financial hardship due to out-of-pocket health care expenditures (Universal Health Coverage [UHC]) is essential for providing accessible care to underprivileged populations, but this is not enough. The End TB Strategy promotes both patient-centred TB services and social protection measures, which aim to mitigate the economic hardship faced by TB patients and their households due to direct medical and...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2019-01-01 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/186357 |
Source: | International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease |
DOI: | 10.5588/ijtld.18.0318 |
Access Rights: | Open Access |
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