Cost of seeking care for tuberculosis since the implementation of universal health coverage in Indonesia.
Ahmad FuadyTanja A J HouwelingMuchtaruddin MansyurErlina BurhanJan Hendrik RichardusPublished in: BMC health services research (2020)
Despite UHC, high costs of TB seeking care remain, with direct medical costs contributing most to the total costs. First seeking care from private providers tends to lead to more pre-diagnostic visits and higher costs. To reduce diagnostic delays and minimize patients' costs, it is essential to strengthen the public-private mix and reduce the fragmented system between the national health insurance scheme and the National TB Programme.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- health insurance
- affordable care act
- quality improvement
- mental health
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- palliative care
- end stage renal disease
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- public health
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- study protocol
- risk assessment
- emergency department
- climate change
- hiv infected
- chronic pain
- health promotion