Patient‐incurred cost of inpatient treatment for Tuberculosis in rural Malawi

Hyejeong Shin, Lucky Gift Chiwiya Ngwira, Austin Tucker, Richard E. Chaisson, Elizabeth L. Corbett, David W. Dowdy

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Abstract

Objectives: To mitigate the economic burden of tuberculosis (TB), it is important to fully understand the costs of TB treatment from the patient perspective. We therefore sought to quantify the patient-incurred cost of TB treatment in rural Malawi, with specific focus on costs borne by patients requiring inpatient hospitalization.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)624-634
Number of pages11
JournalTropical Medicine and International Health
Volume25
Issue number5
Early online date8 Feb 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2020

Keywords

  • inpatient
  • Malawi
  • patient-incurred cost
  • rural
  • tuberculosis

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