Title: Can Malawi's poor afford free tuberculosis services? : patient and household costs associated with a tuberculosis diagnosis in Lilongwe

Authors: Kemp, Julia R.

Year: 2007

Journal: Bulletin of the World health organization

Volume: 85(2007)8

PAGE: 580--585

Subject: Health and Poverty

Keywords: health care delivery, disease control, tuberculosis, poverty, women, malawi

Abstract: This study aimed to assess the relative costs of accessing a TB diagnosis for the poor and for women in urban Lilongwe, Malawi, a setting where public health services are accessible within 6 kilometres and provided free of charge.

URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2636388/pdf/06-033167.pdf

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