Pharmacy data for tuberculosis surveillance and assessment of patient management

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1426-1431

  Yokoe, Deborah S ^a,j   Coon, Steven W ^b   Dokholyan, Rachel ^c   Iannuzzi, Michael C ^b   Jones, Timothy F ^d   Meredith, Sarah ^e   Moore, Marisa ^f   Phillips, Lynelle ^g   Ray, Wayne ^e   Schech, Stephanie ^h   Shatin, Deborah ^h   Platt, Richard ^a,b,i  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^d TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^g MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^h Ctr for Hlth Care Plcy and Eval   (United States)

ⁱ HMO Res Netwk Ctr Educ/Res T   (United States)

^j NONE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; REIMBURSEMENT; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 3543002237     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1008.031075     Document Type: Article

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