Patients direct costs to undergo TB diagnosis
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Patients direct costs to undergo TB diagnosis
BACKGROUND A major impediment to the treatment of TB is a diagnostic process that requires multiple visits. Descriptions of patient costs associated with diagnosis use different protocols and are not comparable. METHODS We aimed to describe the direct costs incurred by adults attending TB diagnostic centres in four countries and factors associated with expenditure for diagnosis. Surveys of 22...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infectious Diseases of Poverty
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2049-9957
DOI: 10.1186/s40249-016-0117-x