Home Videophones Improve Direct Observation in Tuberculosis Treatment: A Mixed Methods Evaluation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Wade, Victoria A ^a   Karnon, Jonathan ^a   Eliott, Jaklin A ^a   Hiller, Janet E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TECHNOLOGY; TELEHEALTH; TUBERCULOSIS; VIDEOCONFERENCING; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE; TUBERCULOSIS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84870602170     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050155     Document Type: Article

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