Economic evaluation of patient costs associated with tuberculosis diagnosis and care in Solomon Islands.
Kerri VineyNoel ItogoTakuya YamanakaRidha JebenianiAnupama HazarikaFukushi MorishitaNobuyuki NishikioriSusana Vaz NeryPublished in: BMC public health (2021)
The costs of TB care are catastrophic for almost all patients in Solomon Islands. The provision of TB specific social and financial protection measures from the National TB and Leprosy Programme may be needed in the short term to ameliorate these costs. In the longer term, advancement of universal health coverage and other social and financial protection measures should be pursued.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- affordable care act
- palliative care
- quality improvement
- mental health
- end stage renal disease
- health insurance
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- public health
- case report
- preterm infants
- peritoneal dialysis
- pain management
- randomized controlled trial
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- hiv aids
- study protocol
- clinical trial
- preterm birth
- chronic pain
- climate change
- human immunodeficiency virus
- human health
- hiv infected
- electronic health record
- antiretroviral therapy