Patients Are Paying Too Much for Tuberculosis: A Direct Cost-Burden Evaluation in Burkina Faso

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Laokri, Samia ^a   Drabo, Maxime Koiné ^b   Weil, Olivier ^c   Kafando, Benoît ^d   Dembélé, Sary Mathurin ^e   Dujardin, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b Laboratoire National de Sante Publique   (Burkina Faso)

^c HLSP Institute   (United Kingdom)

^d Direction Régionale de la Santé DRS du Plateau Central   (Burkina Faso)

^e Ouagadougou   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RURAL AREA; SELF MEDICATION; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRAVEL; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADULT; BURKINA FASO; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84874540973     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056752     Document Type: Article

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