Title: Assessing access barriers to tuberculosis care with the tool to estimate patients' costs : pilot results from two districts in Kenya

Authors: Mauch, Verena

Place: [London]

Publisher: BioMed central

Year: 2011

Journal: BMC Public health

Volume: vol. 11, no. 43

PAGE: --

Subject: Health and Poverty

Keywords: health services, poverty, tuberculosis, kenya

Abstract: The Tool proved to be valuable to assess the costs incurred by TB patients, socioeconomic situations, health-seeking behavior patterns, concurrent illnesses and social and gender-related impacts. The Tool helps to identify and tackle bottlenecks in access to TB care, especially for the poor.

URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2458-11-43.pdf

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