openalexFrontiers in Public Health2026-07-24
Catastrophic costs among drug-susceptible tuberculosis households in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China: determinants and economic impact evaluation
Tengyan Wu, L Y Yang, Suosu Wei, Zong Tang, Pinghua Zhu, Yanlong Wu, et al.
Background Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major poverty-associated infectious disease worldwide. This study is the first to quantify the incidence and determinants of catastrophic costs among drug-susceptible TB patients in Guangxi, providing critical evidence for developing poverty…