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‘I am on treatment since 5 months but I have not received any money’: coverage, delays and implementation challenges of ‘Direct Benefit Transfer’ for tuberculosis patients – a mixed-methods study from South India

Abhay Subhashrao NirgudeDepartment of Community Medicine, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya (Deemed To Be University), Mangaluru, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ajay M. V. KumarDepartment of Community Medicine, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya (Deemed To Be University), Mangaluru, India;Department of Research, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), Paris, France;Department of Research, The Union South-East Asia Office, New Delhi, IndiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1011-8531View further author information
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Timire CollinsCenter for Operations Research, International Union Against Tuberculosis and LungDisease, Harare, ZimbabweORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0997-9799View further author information
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Poonam Ramesh NaikDepartment of Community Medicine, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya (Deemed To Be University), Mangaluru, IndiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8596-7995View further author information
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Malik ParmarCommunicable Disease Section (Tuberculosis), WHO Country Office for India, New Delhi, IndiaView further author information
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Li TaoNational Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, China CDC, Beijing, ChinaView further author information
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Kibballi Madhukeshwar AkshayaDepartment of Community Medicine, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya (Deemed To Be University), Mangaluru, IndiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5692-7313View further author information
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Pracheth RaghuveerDepartment of Community Medicine, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya (Deemed To Be University), Mangaluru, IndiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9811-561XView further author information
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Santosh K. YatnattiDepartment of Community Medicine, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya (Deemed To Be University), Mangaluru, IndiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4371-3142View further author information
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Navya NagendraDepartment of Community Medicine, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya (Deemed To Be University), Mangaluru, IndiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6744-4632View further author information
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Sharath B. NagarajaDepartment of Community Medicine, ESIC Medical College and PGIMSR, Bengaluru, IndiaView further author information
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Shaira HabeenaDepartment of Community Medicine, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya (Deemed To Be University), Mangaluru, IndiaView further author information
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Badarudeen MNHealth and Family Welfare Department, Mangaluru, IndiaView further author information
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Ramkrishna RaoHealth and Family Welfare Department, Mangaluru, IndiaView further author information
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Suresh ShastriKarnataka State AIDS Prevention Society and State Tuberculosis Cell, Bangalore, Karnataka, IndiaView further author information
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Article: 1633725 | Received 12 Jan 2019, Accepted 16 Jun 2019, Published online: 22 Jul 2019

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