Healthcare worker preferences for active tuberculosis case finding programs in South Africa: A best-worst scaling choice experiment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  O'Hara, Nathan N ^a   Roy, Lilla ^a   O'Hara, Lyndsay M ^a   Spiegel, Jerry M ^a   Lynd, Larry D ^a   FitzGerald, J Mark ^a   Yassi, Annalee ^a   Nophale, Letshego E ^b   Marra, Carlo A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEST WORST SCALING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTHCARE WORKER PREFERENCE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84941254780     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133304     Document Type: Article

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