Evaluating tuberculosis case detection via real-time monitoring of tuberculosis diagnostic services

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 362-367

  Davis, J Lucian ^a,b,e   Katamba, Achilles ^d,e   Vasquez, Josh ^b,c   Crawford, Erin ^b   Sserwanga, Asadu ^e   Kakeeto, Stella ^e   Kizito, Fred ^e   Dorsey, Grant ^a,b,e   Den Boon, Saskia ^e   Vittinghoff, Eric ^b   Huang, Laurence ^a,b,e   Adatu, Francis ^d   Kamya, Moses R ^e   Hopewell, Philip C ^a,b   Cattamanchi, Adithya ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Health care quality assurance; Operations research; Public health; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MONITORING; MORBIDITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS; UGANDA;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UGANDA; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79960909773     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201012-1984OC     Document Type: Article

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