Analysis of catastrophic costs incurred by patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in an outpatient clinic in the state of Rio de Janeiro.
Regielle Luiza de MedeirosAdriana da Silva Rezende MoreiraAna Carolina de Oliveira Jeronymo NevesViviane de Jesus LeiteIsabela Neves de AlmeidaFernanda Carvalho de Queiroz MelloAfrânio Lineu KritskiPublished in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (2023)
Despite the support from the SUS in Brazil, diagnostic and therapeutic cascades incur additional costs, exacerbating social vulnerability among patients with MDR-TB.