01566nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001100001200042700001300054700001200067700001300079700001100092700001500103700001400118700001200132245008900144856008300233300001100316490000600327520100100333022001401334       2015                            d1 aOnazi O1 aGidado M1 aOnazi M1 aDaniel O1 aKuye J1 aObasanya O1 aOdusote T1 aGande S00aEstimating the cost of TB and its social impact on TB patients and their households.  uhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4487475/pdf/i2220-8372-5-2-127.pdf  a127-310 v53 a<p>Illness often poses a significant financial burden on individuals and their households, and tuberculosis (TB) is no exception. Although TB treatment is free in Nigeria, patients are likely to incur costs due to multiple visits during treatment. The purpose of this study was 1) to examine the health-seeking behaviour of TB patients and the costs borne by TB patients in Nigeria, and 2) to assess the social impact of TB disease on TB patients and their families/households. Of 260 TB patients surveyed, the majority (74.7%) were aged between 20 and 49 years. TB patients expended an average of US$52.02 (N = 8323.58, at the rate of US$1 = N = 160) per person on all visits associated with diagnosis and receipt of diagnostic test results. Overall, households experienced a shortfall of about US$57.30 (N = 9174.72) or 24.9% of income loss due to TB illness. Further analysis revealed that 9.7% of TB patients relied on children of school age or below to finance the costs of TB illness.</p>
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