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Do incentives improve tuberculosis treatment outcomes in the Republic of Moldova?

Ciobanu A, Domente L, Soltan V, Bivol S, Severin L, Plesca V, Van der Bergh R, Kumar AMV, de Colombani P
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Abstract
SETTING
Tuberculosis (TB) health facilities in the Republic of Moldova, where various incentives were provided to TB patients to improve treatment outcomes.

OBJECTIVE
To compare treatment outcomes among new drug-susceptible TB patients registered for treatment before (2008) and after (2011) introduction of incentives.

DESIGN
Retrospective cohort study using data from the national electronic patient database and incentive registers.

RESULTS
Of 2378 patients registered in 2011, 1895 (80%) received incentives (cash, food vouchers, travel reimbursement). Compared to 2008 (no incentives, n = 2492), the patients registered with incentives in 2011 had higher treatment success (88% vs. 79%, P < 0.001) and lower proportions of unsuccessful outcomes: loss to follow-up (5% vs. 10%, P < 0.001), death (5% vs. 6%, P = 0.03) and failure (2% vs. 5%, P < 0.001). In multivariate analysis (log-binomial regression) using the intention-to-treat approach, provision of incentives was independently associated with an overall reduction in unsuccessful outcomes of 50% (RR 0.5, 95%CI 0.45-0.62, P < 0.001), after adjusting for other confounders such as sex, age, education, occupation, residence, homelessness, type of TB and human immunodeficiency virus status.

CONCLUSION
Provision of incentives to TB patients significantly improved treatment success rates and needs to continue. Treatment retention increased, thus potentially preventing drug resistance, a serious problem in the Republic of Moldova.

Countries

Moldova

Subject Area

tuberculosismodels of careSORT-IT

Languages

English
DOI
10.5588/pha.14.0047
Published Date
21 Oct 2014
PubMed ID
26393100
Journal
Public Health Action
Volume | Issue | Pages
Volume 4, Issue 2, Pages S59-63
Issue Date
2014-10-21
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