Tuberculosis among the homeless - Preventing another outbreak through community action

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 372, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 1483-1485

  Gupta, Vin ^a,b   Sugg, Nancy ^b   Butners, Marite ^c   Allen White, Gillian ^d   Molnar, Alexandra ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Butners Consulting Services   (United States)

^d Grand Central Bakery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; RIFAPENTINE;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; CAPITAL; COMMUNITY CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; EPIDEMIC; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INDIGENT; MEDICAID; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PROGRAM COST EFFECTIVENESS; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBERCULOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONSUMER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECONOMICS; HOMELESS PERSON; MASS SCREENING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84928037307     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1501316     Document Type: Article

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