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Article ; Online: Comparing Catastrophic Costs: Active vs. Passive Tuberculosis Case Finding in Urban Vietnam.

Dinh, Luong V / Wiemers, Anja M C / Forse, Rachel J / Phan, Yen T H / Codlin, Andrew J / Annerstedt, Kristi Sidney / Dong, Thuy T T / Nguyen, Lan / Pham, Thuong H / Nguyen, Lan H / Dang, Ha M T / Tuan, Mac H / Le, Phuc Thanh / Lonnroth, Knut / Creswell, Jacob / Khan, Amera / Kirubi, Beatrice / Nguyen, Hoa B / Nguyen, Nhung V /
Vo, Luan N Q

Tropical medicine and infectious disease

2023  Volume 8, Issue 9

Abstract: Active case finding (ACF) is a strategy that aims to identify people with tuberculosis (TB) earlier in their disease. This outreach approach may lead to a reduction in catastrophic cost incurrence (costs exceeding 20% of annual household income), a main ... ...

Abstract Active case finding (ACF) is a strategy that aims to identify people with tuberculosis (TB) earlier in their disease. This outreach approach may lead to a reduction in catastrophic cost incurrence (costs exceeding 20% of annual household income), a main target of WHO's End TB Strategy. Our study assessed the socio-economic impact of ACF by comparing patient costs in actively and passively detected people with TB. Longitudinal patient cost surveys were prospectively fielded for people with drug-sensitive pulmonary TB, with 105 detected through ACF and 107 passively detected. Data were collected in four Vietnamese cities between October 2020 and March 2022. ACF reduced pre-treatment (USD 10 vs. 101,
Language English
Publishing date 2023-08-23
Publishing country Switzerland
Document type Journal Article
ISSN 2414-6366
ISSN (online) 2414-6366
DOI 10.3390/tropicalmed8090423
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