The economic burden of tuberculosis in Sistan: a high‐risk region in Iran
| Autor: | Ali Akbari Sari, Eshagh Barfar, Najmeh Azizi, Fatemeh Setoodehzadeh, Hossein Ansari |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Male Tuberculosis Total cost 030231 tropical medicine Psychological intervention Iran 03 medical and health sciences Indirect costs 0302 clinical medicine Cost of Illness Pulmonary tuberculosis Environmental health medicine Humans Tuberculosis Pulmonary health care economics and organizations Aged business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Health Care Costs Middle Aged medicine.disease Infectious Diseases Social protection Income Female Parasitology Residence Rural area business |
| Zdroj: | Tropical Medicine & International Health. 26:649-655 |
| ISSN: | 1365-3156 1360-2276 |
| Popis: | INTRODUCTION To estimate the economic burden of tuberculosis treatment in Sistan, the region with the highest number of tuberculosis cases in Iran. METHODS All patients with smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis who had contracted tuberculosis in 2018 and successfully completed their treatment were interviewed. RESULTS Ninety patients with a mean age of 57 ± 18 years were interviewed. Most of them were women (58%), housewives (57%) and resided in rural areas (84%). The mean cost of treatment for tuberculosis was estimated as 6800 USD per patient. Direct costs were 87% of the total cost. Twenty-two patients lost an average income of 530 USD (8514590 rials) during treatment. The results showed the significant correlation of direct and indirect costs with sex, age, place of residence and education (P |
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