Cost-effectiveness analysis of an alternative tuberculosis management strategy for permanent farm dwellers in South Africa amidst health service contraction

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-91

  Clarke, Marina ^a   Dick, Judy ^b   Bogg, Lennart ^c  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agriculture; cost effectiveness analysis; farm dwellers; farm workers; farmers; farms; lay health workers; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; ISONIAZID PLUS RIFAMPICIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAFOUR E; RIFAMPICIN;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BUDGET; CASE FINDING; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM SMEAR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 32144460635     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940510032220     Document Type: Article

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