Feasibility and effectiveness of a public-private mix project for improved TB control in Delhi, India

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1131-1138

  Arora, V K ^a,d   Sarin, R ^b   Lonnroth K ^c  

^a LRS Institute of TB and Respiratory Diseases   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^d L R S Inst of TB and All Diseases   (India)

Author keywords

Private health care; Private providers; Public private mix; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0346908979     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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