There's no such thing as a free TB diagnosis: Catastrophic TB costs in Urban Uganda.

ABSTRACT: Identifying and reducing TB-related costs is necessary for achieving the End TB Strategy's goal that no family is burdened with catastrophic costs. This study explores costs during the pre-diagnosis period and assesses the potential for using coping costs as a proxy indicator for catastrophic costs when comprehensive surveys are not feasible. Detailed interviews about TB-related costs and productivity losses were conducted with 196 pulmonary TB patients in Kampala, Uganda. The threshold for catastrophic costs was defined as 20% of household income. Multivariable regression analyses were used to assess the influence of patient characteristics on economic burden, and the positive predictive value (PPV) of coping costs was estimated. Over 40% of patients experienced catastrophic costs, with a

SUBMITTER: Walcott RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7225044 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature