The role of active case finding in reducing patient incurred catastrophic costs for tuberculosis in Nepal.
Suman Chandra GurungKritika DixitBhola RaiMaxine CawsPuskar Raj PaudelRaghu DhitalShraddha AcharyaGangaram BudhathokiDeepak MallaJens W LevyJob van RestKnut LönnrothKerri VineyAndrew RamsayTom WingfieldBuddha BasnyatAnil ThapaBertie SquireDuolao WangGokul MishraKashim ShahAnil ShresthaNoemia Teixeira de Siqueira-FilhaPublished in: Infectious diseases of poverty (2019)
ACF can reduce patient-incurred costs substantially, contributing to the End TB Strategy target. Other synergistic policies, such as social protection, will also need to be implemented to reduce catastrophic costs to zero among TB-affected households.