Evaluating the effects of providing financial incentives to tuberculosis patients and health providers in China

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1166-1172

  Yao, H ^a,b   Wei, X ^b   Liu, J ^a   Zhao, J ^a   Hu, D ^a   Walley, J D ^b  

^a China National Centre for Disease Control   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Fidelis; Financial incentives; Poverty; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM SMEAR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY AREAS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 53549096545     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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