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Catastrophic total costs due to tuberculosis
DEFINITION
Direct medical and non-medical costs plus income losses due to an episode of tuberculosis that sum to or exceed 20% of annual household income.
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SOURCE DEFINITION
Total costs borne by patients in tuberculosis treatment, exceeding a given threshold (e.g. 20%) of the household’s annual pre-TB income. The focus is on financial and economic hardship due to direct and indirect costs when accessing health care for TB, which may adversely affect living standards and the capacity to pay for basic needs
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Total costs that exceed 20% of annual household income
Medical and non-medical out-of-pocket payments and indirect costs exceeding a given threshold (e.g. 20%) of the household’s income. Medical costs refer to the sum of out-pocket payments for TB diagnosis and treatment made by TB patients in a given household. Non-medical out-of-pocket costs are payments related to the use of TB health services, such as payments for transportation, accommodation or food. Indirect costs refer to patient or guardian lost time, lost wages (net of welfare payments) and lost income due to TB health-care seeking and hospitalization during the TB episode
Direct medical and non-medical costs plus income losses that sum to 20% or more of household income
Total costs that exceed 20% of annual household income
Total costs (comprising direct medical expenditures, non-medical expenditures and income losses) above 20% of household income.
Costs due to TB are considered catastrophic when they account for 20% of the household income or more. Costs include direct medical payments for diagnosis and treatment, as well as direct non-medical payments (e.g. transportation and lodging) and indirect costs (e.g. lost income).
direct medical expenditures, direct nonmedical expenditures and indirect costs (eg income losses) that sum to >=20% of household income.
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