Direct and indirect costs of TB among immigrants is of concern
Submitted by Bobby Ramakant (bobby) about 7 months ago
Researchers assessed the direct and indirect costs of immigrants with TB in the Netherlands. Average direct costs spent by households with a TB patient amounted Euros 353. Most costs were spent when being hospitalized. Time loss (mean 81 days) was mainly due to hospitalization (19 days) and additional work days lost (60 days), and corresponded with a cost estimation of Euros 2603. Researchers concluded: Even in a country with a good health insurance system that covers medication and consultation costs, patients do have substantial extra expenditures. Furthermore our patients lost on average 2.7 months of productive days. TB patients are economically vulnerable
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Keywords: costs direct drug resistance extensively drug-resistant indirect M/XDR-TB MDR-TB multi-drug resistant TB tuberculosis XDR-TB
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