Social support and incentives programme for patients with tuberculosis: Experience from the Russian Federation

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1210-1215

  Jakubowiak, Wieslaw M ^a   Bogorodskaya, E M ^b   Borisov, S E ^b   Danilova, I D ^a   Lomakina, O B ^c   Kourbatova, E V ^d  

^a Office of the Special Representative of the WHO Director General in Russia   (Russian Federation)

^b I M SECHENOV FIRST MOSCOW STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c Serbsky Research Institute of Psychiatry   (Russian Federation)

^d SAMARA STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Adherence to treatment; Incentives; Russia; Social support; TB

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RUSSIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 36348939906     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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