Impacts of a comprehensive tuberculosis control model on the quality of clinical services and the financial burden of treatment for patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis in China: a mixed-methods evaluation.
Wei-Xi JiangZhi-Peng LiQi ZhaoMeng-Qiu GaoQian LongWei-Bing WangFei HuangNi WangSheng-Lan TangPublished in: Infectious diseases of poverty (2021)
The quality of DRTB related clinical services has been significantly improved following the comprehensive interventions, while the financial burden of DRTB patients remains high due to the delay in implementing financing policies. Stronger political commitment and leadership are required for multi-channel financing to provide additional financial support to DRTB patients.
Keyphrases
- drug resistant
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- primary care
- multidrug resistant
- public health
- physical activity
- randomized controlled trial
- quality improvement
- patient reported outcomes
- clinical trial
- acinetobacter baumannii
- affordable care act
- study protocol
- hepatitis c virus
- human immunodeficiency virus
- combination therapy
- drug induced
- hiv infected