Acceptability of community and health facility-based directly observed treatment of tuberculosis in Tanzanian urban setting

Health Policy

Volumn 78, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 284-294

  Wandwalo, Eliud ^a,d   Makundi, Emmanuel ^b   Hasler, Torunn ^c   Morkve, Odd ^d  

^a National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Programme   (Tanzania)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^c Norwegian Association of Heart and Lung Patients   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Community; Directly observed treatment; Tanzania; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVATION; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33747370717     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.11.010     Document Type: Article

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