Impact of community tracer teams on treatment outcomes among tuberculosis patients in South Africa

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Bronner, Liza E ^a   Podewils, Laura J ^a   Peters, Annatjie ^a   Somnath, Pushpakanthi ^b   Nshuti, Lorna ^b   Van Der Walt, Martie ^b   Mametja, Lerole David ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Community mobilization; Default; Outreach; Treatment adherence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; EVALUATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84864755136     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-621     Document Type: Article

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