The management for tuberculosis control in Greater London in comparison with that in Osaka City: Lessons for improvement of TB control management in Osaka City urban setting

Health Policy

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 104-123

  Ohkado, Akihiro ^a   Williams, Gini ^b   Ishikawa, Nobukatsu ^a   Shimouchi, Akira ^c   Simon, Carter ^d  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TUBERCULOSIS   (Japan)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Osaka City Public Health Center   (Japan)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Greater London; High risk group for tuberculosis; Management; Organisational structure; Osaka City; Tuberculosis control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SUPERINFECTION; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 19444370576     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.11.006     Document Type: Article

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