Cost-effectiveness of educational outreach to primary care nurses to increase tuberculosis case detection and improve respiratory care: Economic evaluation alongside a randomised trial

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 277-286

  Fairall, Lara ^a   Bachmann, Max O ^b   Zwarenstein, Merrick ^c   Bateman, Eric D ^a   Niessen, Louis W ^d   Lombard, Carl ^e   Majara, Bosielo ^f   English, René ^a   Bheekie, Angeni ^g   Van Rensburg, Dingie ^f   Mayers, Pat ^a   Peters, Annatjie ^h   Chapman, Ronald ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre   (Canada)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^h Free State Department of Health   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Education; Health economics; Lung disease; Primary care; Randomised trial; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

DISEASE CONTROL; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GUIDELINE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH WORKER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TUBERCULOSIS;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE; PATIENT CODING; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESPIRATORY CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION, NURSING; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77249122551     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02455.x     Document Type: Article

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