TB patients globally often incur "catastrophic costs" of up to $11,329 USD, despite many countries offering free treatment, with predominant drivers of cost being hospitalization and loss of income (IMAGE)

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TB patients globally often incur "catastrophic costs" of up to $11,329 USD, despite many countries offering free treatment, with predominant drivers of cost being hospitalization and loss of income

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A woman with her children leaving the TB Clinic after receiving care and retrieving medication from the pharmacy at Baylor Tuberculosis Centre of Excellence, Mbabane, Eswatini.

 

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Smiley N. Pool (2016)

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