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?
Date
2019-06-11Author
Dong, Di
Jiang, Wei-Xi
Long, Qian
Huang, Fei
Zhang, Hui
Chen, Jia-Ying
Xiang, Li
Li, Qiang
Tang, Sheng-Lan
Lucas, Henry
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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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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-zDOI
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