Impact of an Innovative Tuberculosis Financing and Payment Model on Health Service Utilization by Tuberculosis Patients in China: Do the Poor Fare Better than the Rich?
posted on 2024-09-05, 20:37authored byDi Dong, Wei-Xi Jiang, Qian Long, Fei Huang, Hui Zhang, Jia-Ying Chen, Li Xiang, Qiang Li, Sheng-Lan Tang, Henry Lucas
Tuberculosis (TB) prevalence is closely associated with poverty in China, and poor patients face more
barriers to treatment. Using an insurance-based approach, the China-Gates TB program Phase II was implemented
between 2012 and 2014 in three cities in China to improve access to TB care and reduce the financial burden on
patients, particularly among the poor. This study aims to assess the program effects on service use, and its equity
impact across different income groups.
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Default funder
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BMC
Citation
Dong, D., Jiang, W. X., Long, Q., Huang, F., Zhang, H., Chen, J. Y., Xiang, L., Li, Q., Tang, S. L. and Lucas, H. (2019) 'Impact of an Innovative Tuberculosis Financing and Payment Model on Health Service Utilization by Tuberculosis Patients in China: Do the Poor Fare Better than the Rich?', Infectious Diseases of Poverty 8.44, doi: 10.1186/s40249-019-0559-z