Time and money: The true costs of health care utilization for patients receiving "free" HIV/tuberculosis care and treatment in rural KwaZulu-natal

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2015, Pages e52-e60

  Chimbindi, Natsayi ^a,b   Bor, Jacob ^a,c   Newell, Marie Louise ^b,d   Tanser, Frank ^a   Baltussen, Rob ^e   Hontelez, Jan ^a,e,f   De Vlas, Sake J ^f   Lurie, Mark ^g   Pillay, Deenan ^a,h   Bärnighausen, Till ^a,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

ART; Borrowing; Costs; Financial distress; Health care costs; Health expenditure; HIV; Out of pocket; Pre ART; Retention; Selling assets; South Africa; TB; Time use

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DISTRESS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONEY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME; TRADITIONAL HEALER; TUBERCULOSIS; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BANK ACCOUNT; COMPLICATION; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HIV INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BANKING, PERSONAL; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942032510     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000728     Document Type: Conference Paper

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