A pragmatic approach to measuring monitoring and evaluating interventions for improved tuberculosis case detection

International Health

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 181-188

  Blok, Lucie ^a   Creswell, Jacob ^b   Stevens, Robert ^c   Brouwer, Miranda ^d   Ramis, Oriol ^c   Weil, Olivier ^c   Klatser, Paul ^a   Sahu, Suvanand ^b   Bakker, Mirjam I ^a  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b Stop TB Partnership ^*  (Switzerland)

^c HLSP   (United Kingdom)

^d PHTB Consult   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Active case finding; Case detection; Screening; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT MONITORING; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCALE UP; SCREENING TEST; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; CONTACT EXAMINATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; INFECTION CONTROL; MASS SCREENING; PROCEDURES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84907522479     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: 18763405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihu055     Document Type: Article

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