Effectiveness of interventions to increase referral of clients exhibiting TB symptoms by pharmacies and corner stores in santo domingo, dominican republic

Open Infectious Diseases Journal

Volumn 7, Issue SPEC ISS1, 2013, Pages 47-53

  Mitchell, Ellen M H ^a,b   Pérez Then, Eddy ^c   Orejel Juarez, Ivonne ^d   Baez, Jeannette ^c   Gonzáles, Franz ^a   Morrobel, Ana Lucia ^e   Marcelino, Belkys ^f   Kamp, Netty ^a  

^a KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Centro Nacional de Investigaciones en Salud Materna Infantil (CENISMI)   (Netherlands)

^d National Tuberculosis Program Mexico   (Mexico)

^e Dirección Municipal de Área IV de Salud del Distrito Nacional   (Netherlands)

^f Dominican Republic National TB Program   (Dominican Republic)

Author keywords

Dominican Republic; KNCV; Pharmacies; Public private partnerships; Referral; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; DRUG MARKETING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MOTIVATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM SMEAR; SYMPTOM; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 84879186281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18742793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874279301307010047     Document Type: Article

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