Economic support to improve tuberculosis treatment outcomes in South Africa: A pragmatic cluster-randomized controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lutge, Elizabeth ^a,d   Lewin, Simon ^b,c   Volmink, Jimmy ^a,b   Friedman, Irwin ^d   Lombard, Carl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^d Health Systems Trust   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conditional cash transfers; Economic support; Incentives; Poverty; TB

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; POVERTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MOTIVATION; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS; TOKEN ECONOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84878243451     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-154     Document Type: Article

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