Direct costs of pulmonary tuberculosis among patients receiving treatment in Bauchi State, Nigeria

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 835-840

  Umar, Nisser Ali ^a,b   Abubakar, I ^a,c   Fordham, R ^a   Bachmann, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Bauchi State Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS Tuberculosis Leprosy and Malaria   (Nigeria)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bauchi; Cost; HIV; Nigeria; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NIGERIA; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT FAILURE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NIGERIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861133959     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.10.0774     Document Type: Article

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