Achieving Systemic and Scalable Private Sector Engagement in Tuberculosis Care and Prevention in Asia

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Wells, William A ^a   Uplekar, Mukund ^b   Pai, Madhukar ^c  

^a UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; TUBERCULOSIS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ASIA; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84937786548     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001842     Document Type: Article

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