Quality of Tuberculosis Care in Mumbai, 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 digital chest X-ray, free sputum microscopy, free or subsidized drug-susceptibility testing, free first-line anti-TB treatment) within the PPIA network, and (2) training or certified medical education (CME) sessions for the providers from the PPIA. Meanwhile, program marketing, CMEs, and other advocacy efforts are aimed to raise awareness in the communities.