Social protection for tuberculosis-affected household after the implementation of universal health coverage in Indonesia

Objective

1. To measure costs incurred by tuberculosis-affected households due to accessing tuberculosis related services in Indonesia;
2. To measure the incidence of catastrophic costs due to tuberculosis in Indonesia;
3. To assess the needs for social protection for tuberculosis-affected households after the implementation of universal health coverage in Indonesia;
4. To predict the effect of additional social protection on reducing the incidence of tuberculosis and catastrophic costs due to TB in Indonesia.

Principal Investigator 

Ahmad Fuady

Countries Involved

Indonesia

Involved Researchers & Departments/Institutes

• Ahmad Fuady, Prof. Dr. Jan Hendrik Richardus & Dr. Tanja Houweling - Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC
• Muchtaruddin Mansyur - Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia
• Erlina Burhan - Department of Respiratory and Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia and Persahabatan Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia

Publications

Fuady A, Houweling TAJ, Mansyur M, Richardus JH. Catastrophic total costs in tuberculosis-affected households and their determinants since Indonesia's implementation of universal health coverage. Infect Dis Poverty 2018; 7(1): 3. https://idpjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40249-017-0382-3

Fuady A, Houweling TA, Mansyur M, Richardus JH. Adaptation of the Tool to Estimate Patient Costs Questionnaire into Indonesian Context for Tuberculosis-affected Households. Acta Med Indones 2018; 50(1): 3-10. http://www.actamedindones.org/index.php/ijim/article/view/347