Dedicated outreach service for hard to reach patients with tuberculosis in London: Observational study and economic evaluation

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7826, 2011, Pages

  Jit, Mark ^a   Stagg, Helen R ^a   Aldridge, Robert W ^a,b   White, Peter J ^a,c   Abubakar, Ibrahim ^a,d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; TEAMWORK; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNITED KINGDOM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MASS SCREENING; OBSERVATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LONDON; MASS SCREENING; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; OBSERVATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 80053597787     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d5376     Document Type: Article

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