Short term advantages of a public-private partnership for tuberculosis in Guinea Bissau: Reduction of mortality and increased diagnostic capacity

Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-5

  Vieira, Fina ^a   Sanha, Mamadu Saliu ^a   Riccardi, Fabio ^b   Colombatti, Raffaella ^c  

^a Hospital Raoul Follereau   (Guinea-Bissau)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; URINALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; LABORATORY TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

EID: 84926235539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20353006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4084/MJHID.2014.049     Document Type: Article

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