Engaging the private sector to increase tuberculosis case detection: An impact evaluation study

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 608-616

  Khan, Aamir J ^a,b   Khowaja, Saira ^b   Khan, Faisal S ^b   Qazi, Fahad ^a   Lotia, Ismat ^a   Habib, Ali ^a   Mohammed, Shama ^b   Khan, Uzma ^a,c   Amanullah, Farhana ^b,c   Hussain, Hamidah ^a   Becerra, Mercedes C ^c   Creswell, Jacob ^d   Keshavjee, Salmaan ^c  

^a Doctors Without Borders   (Pakistan)

^b THE INDUS HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Stop TB Partnership ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COUGHING; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAKISTAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CELLULAR PHONE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PAKISTAN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864145509     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(12)70116-0     Document Type: Article

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