The economic burden of households affected by tuberculosis in Brazil: First national survey results, 2019-2021.
Ethel Leonor Noia MacielLeticya Dos Santos Almeida NegriLeticia Molino GuidoniGeisa Carlesso FregonaFernanda Dockhorn Costa JohansenMauro Niskier SanchezAdriana da Silva Rezende MoreiraFredi Alexander Diaz-QuijanoMaiko ToniniEliana ZandonadeJulia ErshovaPeter NguhiuInés Garcia BaenaPublished in: PloS one (2023)
Although the services offered to patients with TB are free of charge in the Brazilian public health sector, the availability of free diagnosis and treatment services does not alleviate patients' financial burden related to accessing TB care. The study allowed us to identify the costs incurred by patients and suggest actions to mitigate their suffering. In addition, this study established a baseline for monitoring catastrophic costs and fostering a national policy to reduce the costs to patients for TB care in Brazil.
Keyphrases
- public health
- end stage renal disease
- healthcare
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- primary care
- palliative care
- mental health
- quality improvement
- emergency department
- patient reported outcomes
- risk factors
- hepatitis c virus
- pain management
- affordable care act
- electronic health record
- health insurance