Theory-informed interventions to improve the quality of tuberculosis evaluation at Ugandan health centers: A quasi-experimental study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Chaisson, Lelia H ^a   Katamba, Achilles ^b,c   Haguma, Priscilla ^c   Ochom, Emmanuel ^c   Ayakaka, Irene ^c   Mugabe, Frank ^d   Miller, Cecily ^e   Vittinghoff, Eric ^e   Davis, J Lucian ^a,c   Handley, Margaret A ^a,e   Cattamanchi, Adithya ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^c INFECTIOUS DISEASES RESEARCH COLLABORATION   (Uganda)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RURAL AREA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TUBERCULOSIS; UGANDAN; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COUGH; EVALUATION STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SPUTUM; STANDARDS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UGANDA;

ADULT; COUGH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UGANDA;

EID: 84940388598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132573     Document Type: Article

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