| Title |
Tuberculosis and poverty: the contribution of patient costs in sub-Saharan Africa – a systematic review
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Public Health, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-12-980 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Devra M Barter, Stephen O Agboola, Megan B Murray, Till Bärnighausen |
| Abstract |
Tuberculosis (TB) is known to disproportionately affect the most economically disadvantaged strata of society. Many studies have assessed the association between poverty and TB, but only a few have assessed the direct financial burden TB treatment and care can place on households. Patient costs can be particularly burdensome for TB-affected households in sub-Saharan Africa where poverty levels are high; these costs include the direct costs of medical and non-medical expenditures and the indirect costs of time utilizing healthcare or lost wages. In order to comprehensively assess the existing evidence on the costs that TB patients incur, we undertook a systematic review of the literature. |
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| United States | 4 | 40% |
| Mexico | 1 | 10% |
| Unknown | 5 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 7 | 70% |
| Scientists | 2 | 20% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 10% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 5 | 1% |
| United States | 3 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Ethiopia | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 2 | <1% |
| Unknown | 438 | 96% |
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| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 103 | 23% |
| Researcher | 67 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 45 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 43 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 22 | 5% |
| Other | 76 | 17% |
| Unknown | 99 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 127 | 28% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 60 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 38 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 19 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 14 | 3% |
| Other | 81 | 18% |
| Unknown | 116 | 25% |
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