Open AccessSocioeconomic impact of TB on patients registered within RNTCP and their families in the year 2007 in Chennai, India
Author(s) -
Ramya Ananthakrishnan,
Anita Jeyaraj,
Gopal Palani,
B.W.C. Sathiyasekaran
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.99103
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , medicine , tuberculosis , stressor , economic impact analysis , cross sectional study , population , government (linguistics) , social impact , environmental health , psychiatry , linguistics , philosophy , civil engineering , pathology , engineering
Tuberculosis patients are registered in government clinics under Directly Observed Treatment Short-course (DOTS) program in Chennai city catering to 4.34 million population. With the entire country geographically covered under the DOTS program, research into socioeconomic impact of TB on patients and their households is crucial for providing comprehensive patient-friendly TB services and to document the benefits of DOTS.