Access to and affordability of healthcare for TB patients in China: issues and challenges.
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This paper introduces the background, aim and objectives of the project entitled "China-the
Gates Foundation Collaboration on TB Control in China" that has been underway for
many years. It also summarizes the key findings of the nine papers included in this
special issue, which used data from the baseline survey of Phase II of the project.
Data were collected from the survey of TB and MDR-TB patients, from designated hospitals,
health insurance agencies and the routine health information systems, as well as key
informant interviews and focus group discussions with relevant key stakeholders. Key
issues discussed in this series of papers include the uses of TB services and anti-TB
medicines and their determining factors related to socio-economic and health systems
development; expenditures on TB care and the financial burden incurred on TB patients;
and the impact of health insurance schemes implemented in China on financial protection.
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/15796Published Version (Please cite this version)
10.1186/s40249-016-0096-yPublication Info
Tang, Shenglan; Wang, Lixia; Wang, Hong; & Chin, Daniel P (2016). Access to and affordability of healthcare for TB patients in China: issues and challenges.
Infect Dis Poverty, 5. pp. 10. 10.1186/s40249-016-0096-y. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/15796.This is constructed from limited available data and may be imprecise. To cite this
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Shenglan Tang
Mary D.B.T. and James H. Semans International Distinguished Professor
Areas of Expertise: Health Services Research, Health Policy, Disease Control Strategy,
and Implementation Science

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