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Survey
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National TB epidemiological survey 200217
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45% (121/272) of patients having interrupted or suspended treatment due to financial difficulty
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Zhang 200712
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9% of households with TB suspects (2308) or patients defaulted due to financial burden
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Xu 200920
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16% (13/82) of non-adherence patients interrupted treatment because of high medical costs of the treatment
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Ai 201022
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2% of patients who interrupted treatment (43) because of financial difficulty
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Cohort
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Jackson 200611
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3% (5/159) was too poor to begin treatment
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Sun 200723
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Patients who were charged high medical cost were more likely to interrupt treatment than patients having lower medical costs
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