Patients are paying too much for tuberculosis: a direct cost-burden evaluation in Burkina Faso.

Paying for health care may exclude poor people. Burkina Faso adopted the DOTS strategy implementing "free care" for Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and treatment. This should increase universal health coverage and help to overcome social and economic barriers to health access.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Laokri, Samia ; Drabo, Koiné Maxime ; Weil, Olivier ; Kafando, Benoît ; Dembelé, S Mathurin ; Dujardin, Bruno
Institutions:	Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Subject:	Adult \| Burkina Faso \| Cost of Illness \| Cross-Sectional Studies \| Female \| Humans \| Male \| Middle Aged \| Tuberculosis -- diagnosis -- drug therapy -- economics \| Tuberculosis \| Pulmonary -- diagnosis -- drug therapy -- economics

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	ULB Institutional Repository.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Journal Article Published in: PloS one (2013) v.8 n° 2,p.e56752
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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