Determining the cost of tuberculosis case management in a low-incidence state

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 301-307

  Rubado, Dan J ^a,b   Choi, D ^b   Becker, T ^b   Winthrop, K ^b   Schafer, S ^c  

^a Clark County Public Health   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Case management; Cost; Directly observed therapy; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CASE MANAGEMENT; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; OREGON; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 40549126936     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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