The economic burden of households affected by tuberculosis in Brazil: First national survey results, 2019-2021

Ethel Leonor Noia Maciel, Letícya dos Santos Almeida Negri, Leticia Molino Guidoni, Geisa Carlesso Fregona, Fernanda Dockhorn Costa Johansen, Mauro Niskier Sanchez, Adriana da Silva Rezende Moreira, Fredi Alexander Diaz-Quijano, Maiko Tonini, Eliana Zandonade, Julia Ershova, Peter Nguhiu and Inés Garcia Baena

PLOS ONE, 2023, vol. 18, issue 12, 1-24

Abstract: Background: One of the three main targets of the World Health Organization (WHO) End TB Strategy (2015-2035) is that no tuberculosis (TB) patients or their households face catastrophic costs (defined as exceeding 20% of the annual household income) because of the disease. Our study seeks to determine, as a baseline, the magnitude and main drivers of the costs associated with TB disease for patients and their households and to monitor the proportion of households experiencing catastrophic costs in Brazil. Methods: A national cross-sectional cluster-based survey was conducted in Brazil in 2019-2021 following WHO methodology. TB patients of all ages and types of TB were eligible for the survey. Adult TB patients and guardians of minors (

Date: 2023
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