Quality of Tuberculosis Care in Urban Patna, India

The intervention includes a variety of (1) non-financial incentives that are intended to reduce clinical and financial costs for presumptive TB patients and TB cases for diagnostic testing and treatment (free sputum microscopy, free digital chest X-ray, free or subsidized drug-susceptibility testing (DST), free first line anti-TB treatment), (2) training or certified medical education sessions for the providers from the PPIA, and (3) financial incentives to engaged providers for patient registration, diagnostic testing, treatment initiation, and treatment adherence. Meanwhile, health camps, advertising, and other advocacy efforts are aimed to raise awareness in the communities.