Feasibility of using teleradiology to improve tuberculosis screening and case management in a district hospital in Malawi;Faisabilité de l'utilisation de la téléradiologie pour améliorer le dépistage et la gestion des cas de tuberculose dans un hôpital de district au Malawi

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 705-711

  Coulborn, Rebecca Marie ^a   Panunzi, Isabella ^a   Spijker, Saskia ^a   Brant, William E ^b   Duran, Laura Triviño ^a   Kosack, Cara S ^a   Murowa, Michael Mitchell ^c  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC SERVICE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; POVERTY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RADIOLOGIST; SCREENING TEST; TELEMEDICINE; TELERADIOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE MANAGEMENT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; TELERADIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

MALAWI;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 84865701443     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.11.099473     Document Type: Article

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